Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL · SOC 29-1292

Dental Hygienists in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metro

Compiled by WageDex

Metro area salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025)

Geography used: wage and employment figures cover the full Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL BLS wage area, not only its central city; the comparison figure is the United States national estimate. Verify with the BLS OEWS source tables.

Median Salary

$95,870

per year in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro

2% below

National Median

$98,100

per year nationally

Hourly Rate

$46.09/hr

median hourly

Employment

1,670

jobs in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro

The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater pay distribution spans from $79,040 at the 10th percentile to $98,990 at the 90th, a 1.3× observed spread. Differences in specialization, employer, sector, location, credentials, schedule, and experience may all contribute, but OEWS does not isolate their effects. The 25th percentile sits at $84,010 and the 75th at $97,600, so half of Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater-based dental hygienists earn within that middle band.

Metro figures use establishment work location, not worker residence. BLS draws metro boundaries from the OMB MSA definitions, so Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL covers the central city plus outlying counties tied to the metro economically. OEWS includes straight-time pay, tips, commissions, incentive pay, and production bonuses. It excludes employer health and retirement benefits, overtime premiums, stock compensation, signing bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. The same occupation's national profile, statewide FL estimate, and peer-metro rows provide distinct geographic comparisons. A published median is a benchmark, not a prediction or ceiling for one worker.

Salary Range in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metro

Annual Salary Distribution

10th$79,040

25th$84,010

Median$95,870

75th$97,600

90th$98,990

Top Paying Jobs in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater

1. Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric $523,610 2. Cardiologists Small sample $515,710 3. Surgeons, All Other Small sample $500,390 4. Radiologists $410,170 5. Dermatologists $397,710 6. Physicians, Pathologists $362,470 7. Physicians, All Other $287,200 8. Physicists Small sample $266,260 9. Family Medicine Physicians $233,210 10. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers $229,490

Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.