Dentists

Detailed Occupation

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2022 Workforce
153k
Average Age
47.1
Average Salary
$201,270
Average Male Salary
$221,551
Average Female Salary
$162,781

Employment

Employment and salary information for the Dentists workforce. Dentists workforce in 2022 was 153,253 people, of which 34.5% were women and 65.5% were men. Dentists are paid most in Le Sueur, Rice, Steele & Waseca Counties PUMA, MN but are relatively concentrated in Bergen County (East)--Tenafly, Park Ridge, Englewood City & Cresskill PUMA, NJ.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
100,366
Male Workforce
± 7.78k
52,887
Female Workforce
± 5.65k

The Dentists workforce in 2022 was 153,253 people (34.5% women and 65.5% men). This implies an average annual growth of 16.1% between 2014 (131,948) and 2022 (153,253).

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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 2022, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were South Dakota ($387,279), North Dakota ($324,425), and Montana ($307,933).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$201,270
AVERAGE WAGE
#4 in the ranking (2022)
$64,683
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2022, Dentists earned an average of $201,270, $136,587 more than the average national salary of $64,683

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.364
WAGE GINI

In 2022, Dentists had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.364, 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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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 ($276,181).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
153k
2022 Workforce
± 9,606
1.99%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 8.73%

This graphic shows the share of Dentists employed by various industries. Offices of dentists employs the largest share of Dentists at 96.2%, followed by General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals with 2.5% and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges with 1.29%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Dentists in the US. The workforce of Dentists in 2022 was 153,253 people, with 34.5% woman, and 65.5% men. The average age of male Dentists in the workforce is 49.8 and of female Dentists is 42, and the most common race/ethnicity for Dentists is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Dentists in 2022 was 153,253 people, with 34.5% woman, and 65.5% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (22,279 people), 35 to 39 years (21,551  people), and 40 to 44 years (19,887 people). Among them they concentrated 41.6% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

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In 2022, 7.76% of Dentists workers were Hispanic and 92.2% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (55.4%), Puerto Rican (24.5)%, and Cuban (20.1)%

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Races

In 2022, 68.6% of the Dentists workforce were White, of which 28.4% were women and 71.6% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (20.1%) and Two or More Races (5.66%).

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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 2022 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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Degree

The most common majors achieved by Dentists in 2022 (counting all academic degrees) were Biology (78,377 people), Health (18,227 people), and Physical Sciences (9,721 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Dentists workers were Graduate Degree (153,253 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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