Dentists

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2024 Workforce
161k
Average Age
47
Average Salary
$207,249
Average Male Salary
$230,099
Average Female Salary
$168,698

Employment

Employment and salary information for the Dentists workforce. Dentists workforce in 2024 was 161,281 people, of which 37.2% were women and 62.8% were men. Dentists are paid most in Essex County (West)--Lawrence & Andover PUMA, MA but are relatively concentrated in Oakland County (Central)--Birmingham & Bloomfield Area PUMA, MI.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
101,262
Male Workforce
± 7.81k
60,019
Female Workforce
± 6.01k

The Dentists workforce in 2024 was 161,281 people (37.2% women and 62.8% men). This implies an average annual growth of 22.2% between 2014 (131,948) and 2024 (161,281).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Dentists.

During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($322,490), New Hampshire ($305,397), and South Dakota ($302,626).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$207,249
AVERAGE WAGE
#2 in the ranking (2014)
$69,878
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2024, Dentists earned an average of $207,249, $137,372 more than the average national salary of $69,878

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.352
WAGE GINI

In 2024, Dentists had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.352, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Dentists (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Dentists and on wages for those in the field. Offices of dentists is the industry that employs the most Dentists, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Dentists, by average wage, is Offices of physicians ($346,791).

Occupations by Industries

Metric
Value
161k
2024 Workforce
± 9,855
2.09%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 8.51%

This graphic shows the share of Dentists employed by various industries. Offices of dentists employs the largest share of Dentists at 94.9%, followed by General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals with 2.42% and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges with 1.48%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Dentists in the US. The workforce of Dentists in 2024 was 161,281 people, with 37.2% woman, and 62.8% men. The average age of male Dentists in the workforce is 49.6 and of female Dentists is 42.6, and the most common race/ethnicity for Dentists is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Dentists in 2024 was 161,281 people, with 37.2% woman, and 62.8% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (23,717 people), 35 to 39 years (23,116  people), and 40 to 44 years (20,442 people). Among them they concentrated 41.8% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2024, 8.45% of Dentists workers were Hispanic and 91.5% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (29%), Puerto Rican (13)%, and Cuban (12.3)%

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Races

In 2024, 64.6% of the Dentists workforce were White, of which 30.1% were women and 69.9% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (21%) and Two or More Races (8.3%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Dentists from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Dentists is Biology but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Biology.

Among the necessary skills for Dentists, Active Listening stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Dentists need more than the average amount of Science.

Majors

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Type of Majors
Degree

The most common majors achieved by Dentists in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Biology (82,002 people), Health (19,835 people), and Physical Sciences (10,162 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Dentists workers were Graduate Degree (161,281 people), false (0 people), and false (0 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Dentists from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Dentists need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Speaking, Critical Thinking.

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