Dental Hygienists in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,096
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$26,854
26.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,531
Virginia costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Virginia — 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
$102,950
Kept after tax
$76,096
Worth in national money
$75,531
State rank
12
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for dental hygienists is strong here. Virginia's middle earner gets $102,950, putting the state 12 of 50 — about 4.94% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Virginia reports, dental hygienists comes in at 72 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $102,950, take-home of $76,096 is worth roughly $75,531 in national money. The average comes to $105,120, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For dental hygienists, Virginia sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $102,950, ranking 12 of 50 and running about 4.94% 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.
- Dental hygienists ranks 72 of 489 occupations by median in Virginia, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for dental hygienists, whose median is $102,950, the adjusted figure of $75,531 differs little from $76,096 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $105,120 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Dental Hygienists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $86,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $125,560 |
| This salary | $102,950 |
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 Virginia | $76,096 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,255 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,087 |
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 | $95,617 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,171 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $102,950 as a midpoint for Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $86,730 and the ninetieth is $125,560 — 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 Virginia's $76,096, worked from $102,950. 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 72 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $75,531 uses one figure for the whole of Virginia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 72.
- The Virginia median of $102,950 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $86,730 to $125,560. 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 Virginia take-home of $76,096, on $102,950 for work ranking 72 of 489 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 72 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $75,531, worked from $102,950, 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 Virginia address, on work sitting at 72 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $86,730 at the bottom tenth to $125,560 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Virginia costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $75,531 rather than its face figure.
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; Virginia then takes its own share, leaving $76,096.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($86,730 to $125,560) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Virginia rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Virginia's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $75,531 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 $76,096 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Virginia 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.