Compared with the local labor market
Dental Hygienist pay vs. the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN area
Across all employers in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN area, the median wage for Dental Hygienists — about 1,700 people — is $102,940. School and Adolescent Health pays a median base salary of $81,260 for this role, 21% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where School and Adolescent Health sits in the local pay range
$81,800
$94,280
$102,940
$103,820
$131,490
School and Adolescent Health median · $81,260
The bar is the range of annual wages for Dental Hygienists across every employer in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows School and Adolescent Health’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Dental Hygienists — about 222,740 people — is $98,100. School and Adolescent Health’s median base salary is 17% below that national figure, about the 21st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$74,880
$83,570
$98,100
$108,480
$126,050
School and Adolescent Health median · $81,260
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at School and Adolescent Health is $81,260, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
Dental Hygienist beyond City of Cincinnati
This role is reported in 10 jurisdictions. In City of Cincinnati, the median of $94,803 ranks #3 of 10. See Dental Hygienist across all of City of Cincinnati →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Dental Hygienistroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.