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Dental Hygienists pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and Sebring, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Dental Hygienists is $146,760 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. It is $80,590 per year in Sebring, FL. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 82.1% above Sebring, FL 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 3,780 wage and salary jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and 40 in Sebring, FL. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings