Dental Hygienists in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,768
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$23,242
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,918
Arizona costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Arizona — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$101,010
Kept after tax
$77,768
Worth in national money
$76,918
State rank
14
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for dental hygienists is strong here. Arizona's middle earner gets $101,010, putting the state 14 of 50 — about 2.97% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Arizona. It ranks 58 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $101,010, tax leaves $77,768, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $76,918 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $101,450, since top earners drag the number up.
- For dental hygienists, Arizona sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $101,010, ranking 14 of 50 and running about 2.97% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Arizona, dental hygienists ranks 58 of 491 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Because Arizona sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for dental hygienists — median $101,010 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $77,768 retained, $76,918 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $101,450 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Dental Hygienists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $91,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $121,910 |
| This salary | $101,010 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Arizona | $77,768 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,891 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,295 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $97,993 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,314 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $101,010 as a midpoint for Arizona, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $91,480 and the ninetieth is $121,910 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Arizona's $77,768, worked from $101,010. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 58 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $76,918 uses one figure for the whole of Arizona. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 491 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 58.
- The Arizona median of $101,010 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $91,480 to $121,910. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Arizona take-home of $77,768, on $101,010 for work ranking 58 of 491 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 58 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $76,918, worked from $101,010, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Arizona address, on work sitting at 58 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $91,480 at the tenth percentile, $121,910 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $76,918 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Arizona adds its own income tax on top — which is why $77,768 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($91,480 to $121,910) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Arizona rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Arizona's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $76,918 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $77,768 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Arizona income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.