Dental Hygienists in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,271
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$27,859
26.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,725
New York costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New York — 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
$106,130
Kept after tax
$78,271
Worth in national money
$72,725
State rank
10
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for dental hygienists is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $106,130, putting the state 10 of 50 — about 8.19% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in New York. It ranks 79 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $106,130 the take-home is $78,271; in national-average money that behaves like $72,725. The average lands at $103,640, below the middle of the range.
- For dental hygienists, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $106,130, ranking 10 of 50 and running about 8.19% 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 New York, dental hygienists ranks 79 of 493 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.
- Take-home for dental hygienists in New York, on $106,130, is $78,271; deflated by the state's price level, $72,725. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $103,640 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 | $77,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $106,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $126,640 |
| This salary | $106,130 |
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 New York | $78,271 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $83,492 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,195 |
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 | $98,708 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,226 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New York earn less than $106,130. The published range is $77,680 up to $126,640, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New York's $78,271, worked from $106,130. 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.
- Two cautions on $72,725, the adjusted value of that $106,130 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New York. 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 79 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for dental hygienists in New York the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $77,680 to $126,640. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New York take-home of $78,271, on $106,130 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.
- This $72,725 adjusted figure, worked from $106,130, 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 79 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 79 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $77,680 at the tenth percentile, $126,640 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 $72,725 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; New York then takes its own share, leaving $78,271.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($77,680 to $126,640) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New York rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New York's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $72,725 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 $78,271 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New York 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.