Dental Hygienists in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,538
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$18,442
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,084
Florida costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Florida — 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
$91,980
Kept after tax
$73,538
Worth in national money
$71,084
State rank
34
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Florida pays dental hygienists a middle wage of $91,980, 34 of 50 states and about 6.24% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Florida this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, dental hygienists ranks 79 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $91,980 the take-home is $73,538; in national-average money that behaves like $71,084. The average lands at $88,320, below the middle of the range.
- Florida's $91,980 median for dental hygienists places it 34 of 50 states, about 6.24% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Ranked against every occupation Florida publishes a median for, dental hygienists sits 79 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for dental hygienists in Florida, on $91,980, is $73,538; deflated by the state's price level, $71,084. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $88,320 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Dental Hygienists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $91,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,040 |
| This salary | $91,980 |
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 Florida | $73,538 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $73,538 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,592 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $91,980 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,343 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of dental hygienists in Florida earn under $91,980 and half over. The published range runs $75,960 at the tenth percentile to $99,040 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Florida's $73,538, worked from $91,980. 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 79 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $71,084, the adjusted value of that $91,980 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 79 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for dental hygienists in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $75,960 to $99,040; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Florida take-home of $73,538, on $91,980 for work ranking 79 of 493 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 79 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $71,084 — the adjusted value of that $91,980 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 79 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $88,320, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $75,960 at the tenth percentile, $99,040 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Florida run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $71,084 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $73,538 of this wage reaches your account, because Florida takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
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.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Florida is $88,320. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($75,960 to $99,040) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Florida rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Florida's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $71,084 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Florida levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $73,538 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.