Dentists

Detailed Occupation

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2021 Workforce
150k
Average Age
47.4
Average Salary
$188,116
Average Male Salary
$206,731
Average Female Salary
$152,461

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Employment and salary information for the Dentists workforce. Dentists workforce in 2021 was 149,727 people, of which 34.3% were women and 65.7% were men. Dentists are paid most in Centreville (Southeast) & Lorton PUMA, VA but are relatively concentrated in Tenafly, Park Ridge & Cresskill Boroughs PUMA, NJ.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
98,368
Male Workforce
± 7.7k
51,359
Female Workforce
± 5.56k

The Dentists workforce in 2021 was 149,727 people (34.3% women and 65.7% men). This implies an average annual growth of 13.9% between 2014 (131,449) and 2021 (149,727).

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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 2021, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were South Dakota ($381,091), North Dakota ($344,977), and Delaware ($320,303).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$188,116
AVERAGE WAGE
#4 in the ranking (2021)
$59,596
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2021, Dentists earned an average of $188,116, $128,520 more than the average national salary of $59,596

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.375
WAGE GINI

In 2021, Dentists had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.375, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. 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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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 ($259,597).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
150k
2021 Workforce
± 9,495
2.68%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 8.79%

This graphic shows the share of Dentists employed by various industries. Offices of dentists employs the largest share of Dentists at 96.4%, followed by General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals with 2.31% and Outpatient care centers with 1.33%.

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Demographic information on Dentists in the US. The workforce of Dentists in 2021 was 149,727 people, with 34.3% woman, and 65.7% men. The average age of male Dentists in the workforce is 50.1 and of female Dentists is 42.1, and the most common race/ethnicity for Dentists is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Dentists in 2021 was 149,727 people, with 34.3% woman, and 65.7% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (20,897 people), 35 to 39 years (20,333  people), and 40 to 44 years (19,255 people). Among them they concentrated 40.4% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

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In 2021, 7.17% of Dentists workers were Hispanic and 92.8% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (57%), Cuban (25)%, and Puerto Rican (18)%

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Races

In 2021, 70% of the Dentists workforce were White, of which 28.3% were women and 71.7% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (20%) and Two or More Races (4.61%).

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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 2021 were Biology.

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

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
Type of Majors
Degree

The most common majors achieved by Dentists in 2021 (counting all academic degrees) were Biology (76,059 people), Health (18,627 people), and Physical Sciences (9,729 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Dentists workers were Graduate Degree (149,727 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 Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Active Learning.

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