What is a dental hygienist's hourly salary?

Question

I don't mean someone who has been a dental hygienist for 20 years but someone who has recently started? How much money would they make? I know it depends on the state and area they live in but I just wanna know the average amount.

Answer 1

the average for the nation is useless to you but if that is what you want

Median hourly earnings of dental hygienists were $30.19 in May 2006. The middle 50 percent earned between $24.63 and $35.67 an hour. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $19.45, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $41.60 an hour.

Earnings vary by geographic location, employment setting, and years of experience. Dental hygienists may be paid on an hourly, daily, salary, or commission basis.

Benefits vary substantially by practice setting and may be contingent upon full-time employment. According to the American Dental Association, 86 percent of hygienists receive hospital and medical benefits.

to give you an idea of how useless national averages are to you:

bottom 10% national $20.42

bottom 10% Dothan, AL $14.73

bottom 10% LA $24.92

top 10% national $43.07

top 10% Dothan, AL $23.17

top 10% LA $55.48

the average is just not even close to what you will make in most locations there are just to big of variances.