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Metro Nashville / Unknown Department / Dental Hygienist 1

Job-title file

Dental Hygienist 1

Diagnose and treat patients, direct clinical care, and supervise other medical staff.

12 employees hold this title in Unknown Department. Median total compensation for the role is $40,150, above the department median of $39,357.

Employees
12
Total payroll
$476.1K
Role median
$40,150
Agency median
$39,357
Comparison
Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$1,038$70,551+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 12 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Dental Hygienist 1 pay vs. the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area

Across all employers in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, the median wage for Dental Hygienists — about 1,490 people — is $94,030. Unknown Department pays a median base salary of $50,577 for this role, 46% below that figurebelow the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Unknown Department sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$80,170
$80,380
$94,030
$97,510
$98,530
Unknown Department median · $50,577

The bar is the range of annual wages for Dental Hygienists across every employer in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Unknown Department’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. Unknown Department’s median base salary is 48% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$74,880
$83,570
$98,100
$108,480
$126,050
Unknown Department median · $50,577

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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 8 of 12 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Unknown Department is $40,150, 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 departments

This role across Metro Nashville

Dental Hygienist 1 is held in 3 Metro Nashville departments. In Unknown Department, the median of $40,150 ranks #2 of 3.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Dental Hygienist 1 role in other Metro Nashvilledepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Dental Hygienist beyond Metro Nashville

This role is reported in 10 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $39,596 ranks #10 of 10. See Dental Hygienist across all of Metro Nashville

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

California
$105,673 · 7
City of Cincinnati
$94,803 · 12
Texas
$81,011 · 32
South Carolina
$71,690 · 5
Florida
$65,794 · 42
Illinois
$62,700 · 7
Minnesota
$59,930 · 38

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.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Margaret Barber

Dental Hygienist 1/Unknown Department

2024 total comp
$72,774
Base pay
$72,334
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$440
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$72,774

Source-specific fields

Record ID
246,478
Total Pay
$72,774

Margaret Barber holds the role of Dental Hygienist 1 at Unknown Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $72,774.

Millicent Robinson

Dental Hygienist 1/Unknown Department

2024 total comp
$62,671
Base pay
$62,561
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$110
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$62,671

Source-specific fields

Record ID
246,490
Total Pay
$62,671

Millicent Robinson holds the role of Dental Hygienist 1 at Unknown Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $62,671.

Cathy Goodpaster

Dental Hygienist 1/Unknown Department

2024 total comp
$57,308
Base pay
$57,308
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$57,308

Source-specific fields

Record ID
246,488
Total Pay
$57,308

At Unknown Department, Cathy Goodpaster serves as a Dental Hygienist 1. Their 2024 pay totaled $57,308.

Tammie Gutschall

Dental Hygienist 1/Unknown Department

2024 total comp
$57,308
Base pay
$57,308
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$57,308

Source-specific fields

Record ID
246,489
Total Pay
$57,308

Tammie Gutschall holds the role of Dental Hygienist 1 at Unknown Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $57,308.

Stacey Mccormick

Dental Hygienist 1/Unknown Department

2024 total comp
$44,052
Base pay
$43,845
Overtime
$207
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$44,052

Source-specific fields

Record ID
246,486
Total Pay
$44,052

Stacey Mccormick holds the role of Dental Hygienist 1 at Unknown Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $44,052.

Jacquelyn Lankford

Dental Hygienist 1/Unknown Department

2024 total comp
$40,704
Base pay
$40,670
Overtime
$35
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$40,704

Source-specific fields

Record ID
246,485
Total Pay
$40,704

Jacquelyn Lankford holds the role of Dental Hygienist 1 at Unknown Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $40,704.

Taylor Hightower

Dental Hygienist 1/Unknown Department

2024 total comp
$39,596
Base pay
$39,520
Overtime
$76
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$39,596

Source-specific fields

Record ID
246,484
Total Pay
$39,596

Taylor Hightower holds the role of Dental Hygienist 1 at Unknown Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $39,596.

Sharna Brown

Dental Hygienist 1/Unknown Department

2024 total comp
$35,654
Base pay
$35,654
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$35,654

Source-specific fields

Record ID
246,475
Total Pay
$35,654

Sharna Brown works as a Dental Hygienist 1 for Unknown Department. Sharna earned $35,654 in 2024.

Sharna LeeMay be multiple

Dental Hygienist 1/Unknown Department

2024 total comp
$28,016

Source-specific fields

Record ID
246,471
Total Pay
$2,547

Sharna Lee appears in Unknown Department payroll as a Dental Hygienist 1, with $28,016 reported in 2024 — this entry may combine more than one individual of the same name.

Megan Wilkey

Dental Hygienist 1/Unknown Department

2024 total comp
$21,306
Base pay
$21,306
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$21,306

Source-specific fields

Record ID
246,483
Total Pay
$21,306

Megan Wilkey works as a Dental Hygienist 1 for Unknown Department. Megan earned $21,306 in 2024.

Rachel Harlow

Dental Hygienist 1/Unknown Department

2024 total comp
$15,661
Base pay
$15,498
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$163
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$15,661

Source-specific fields

Record ID
246,482
Total Pay
$15,661

At Unknown Department, Rachel Harlow serves as a Dental Hygienist 1. Their 2024 pay totaled $15,661.

Katie Savelyev

Dental Hygienist 1/Unknown Department

2024 total comp
$1,038
Base pay
$1,038
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$1,038

Source-specific fields

Record ID
246,480
Total Pay
$1,038

Katie Savelyev works as a Dental Hygienist 1 for Unknown Department. Katie earned $1,038 in 2024.