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Pay · 29-1029

Dentists, All Other Specialists earn $224,990 a year at the midpoint

Pay in this work stretches a long way: the lowest tenth earn about $104,120, the highest tenth about $402,700, and the middle sits at $224,990.

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$224,990median a year · United States
$108.17an hour $247,930average 5,230people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$166,13025th $224,990median $280,59075th
$104,12010th percentile $402,70090th percentile
$166,130a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$286,510best-paying state · Texas
$126,410lowest-paying state · Connecticut
+27%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

Among the best-paidNumber 6 of 788 occupations by median pay — in the top five per cent.
State matters a lotThe same job pays $286,510 in Texas and $126,410 in Connecticut — a gap of $160,100 a year.

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Nearby work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Dentists, All Other Specialists$224,990
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons$352,220+$127,230 Orthodontists$289,140+$64,150 Dentists$170,950−$54,040

Median pay for dentists, all other specialists across the states

Across 19 states the median ranges by 2.27 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
Texas $286,510 $141,270 $141,270 — $407,960 730
Oregon $256,510 $204,380 $204,380 — $417,510 —
Illinois $250,880 $155,250 $155,250 — $276,130 230
South Carolina $246,770 $199,580 $199,580 — $274,670 70
Arizona $244,170 $130,620 $130,620 — $482,250 190
West Virginia $235,370 $61,530 $61,530 — $322,250 40
Arkansas $232,730 $169,270 $169,270 — $302,330 40
California $230,730 $89,250 $89,250 — $313,440 340
Missouri $230,130 $180,270 $180,270 — $282,300 30
Michigan $229,150 $105,400 $105,400 — $420,520 130
North Carolina $225,990 $99,020 $99,020 — $304,180 130
Nebraska $224,990 $163,490 $163,490 — $320,240 —
Oklahoma $223,160 $159,120 $159,120 — $278,720 80
Maryland $207,450 $134,910 $134,910 — $274,260 —
New Jersey $201,840 $91,080 $91,080 — $784,410 290
Pennsylvania $195,150 $125,840 $125,840 — $281,490 160
Ohio $192,050 $109,530 $109,530 — $323,130 160
Colorado $186,640 $76,440 $76,440 — $282,170 70
Connecticut $126,410 $106,750 $106,750 — $317,920 50

No estimate is published for 4 states: the survey withholds a figure when too few employers report it. Nothing has been filled in for them.

Ranked 6 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 99% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 4 Nurse anesthetists $236,590
  2. 5 Airline pilots, copilots and flight engineers $232,140
  3. 6 Dentists, All Other Specialists $224,990
  4. 7 Chief Executives $213,990
  5. 8 Industrial-Organizational Psychologists $193,950

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  • Used masks, gloves, and safety glasses to protect patients and self from infectious diseases.
  • Administered general and local anesthetics.
  • Diagnosed teeth and jaw or other dental-facial abnormalities.

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Questions people ask

How much do dentists, all other specialists make a year?

The national median is $224,990 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $166,130 and $280,590.

What is the hourly pay for dentists, all other specialists?

The median is $108.17 an hour; the average is $247,930 a year.

What do dentists, all other specialists earn when they start?

A beginner is usually paid nearer the 25th percentile, $166,130 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $104,120.

Which state pays dentists, all other specialists the most?

Texas, with a median of $286,510 a year.

How many people work as dentists, all other specialists?

About 5,230 in the United States — number 6 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays about the same

Median pay within $31,040 of what dentists, all other specialists earn — $224,990 a year — but not always the same spread.

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