Dental Hygienists in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,426
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$27,544
26.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,656
Minnesota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Minnesota — 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
$103,970
Kept after tax
$76,426
Worth in national money
$77,656
State rank
11
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for dental hygienists is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $103,970, putting the state 11 of 50 — about 5.98% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Minnesota. It ranks 60 out of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $103,970, tax leaves $76,426, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $77,656 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $103,830.
- For dental hygienists, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $103,970, ranking 11 of 50 and running about 5.98% 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 Minnesota, dental hygienists ranks 60 of 490 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 Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for dental hygienists — median $103,970 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $76,426 retained, $77,656 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $103,830 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Dental Hygienists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $82,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $120,270 |
| This salary | $103,970 |
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 Minnesota | $76,426 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,973 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,700 |
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 | $96,086 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,255 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Minnesota earn less than $103,970. The published range is $82,110 up to $120,270, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $76,426 take-home in Minnesota comes from $103,970. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 60 of 490.
- Two cautions on $77,656, the adjusted value of that $103,970 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Minnesota. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 60 of 490 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for dental hygienists in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $82,110 to $120,270. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $76,426, from $103,970, assumes a single Minnesota filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 60 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 50 for it.
- This $77,656 adjusted figure, worked from $103,970, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 60 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 60 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $82,110 at the tenth percentile, $120,270 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $77,656.
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 Minnesota adds its own income tax on top — which is why $76,426 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 ($82,110 to $120,270) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Minnesota rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Minnesota's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $77,656 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $76,426 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Minnesota 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.