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Dental Hygienists pay in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Dental Hygienists is $83,460 per year in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV. It is $146,760 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV is 43.1% below San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1292 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 170 wage and salary jobs in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV and 3,780 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.