Utah / Department of Health / Dentist
Job-title file
Diagnose and treat patients, direct clinical care, and supervise other medical staff.
5 employees hold this title in Department of Health. Median total compensation for the role is $189,842, above the department median of $63,678.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Utah, the median wage for Dentists, General — about 1,020 people — is $133,320. Department of Health pays a median base salary of $131,703 for this role, 1% below that figure — about the 49th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Dentists, General across every employer in Utah, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Health’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Dentists, General — about 124,390 people — is $170,950. Department of Health’s median base salary is 23% below that national figure, about the 28th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 Utah range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 3 of 5 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 Department of Health is $189,842, 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
Dentist is held in 4 Utah departments. In Department of Health, the median of $189,842 ranks #1 of 4.
Median total compensation for the Dentist role in other Utahdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 11 jurisdictions. In Utah, the median of $104,975 ranks #9 of 11. See Dentist across all of Utah →
Median total compensation for comparable Dentistroles 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
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Mark Wallace holds the role of Dentist at Department of Health within Doh Medicaid Services. In 2019, their total compensation was $196,944.
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At Department of Health, Anna Fuller serves as a Dentist within Doh Medicaid Services. Their 2019 pay totaled $193,723.
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Deborah Perry is a Dentist at Department of Health within Doh Medicaid Services. 2019 total compensation came to $189,842.
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Gary Spangler holds the role of Dentist at Department of Health within Doh Medicaid Services. In 2018, their total compensation was $6,094.
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Richard Woodward holds the role of Dentist at Department of Health within Doh Medicaid & Health Financing. In 2019, their total compensation was $3,453.