Dental Hygienist pay in California
Median hourly pay in California · BLS May 2025
$60.06
an hour · $124,930 a year
- 10th
- $49.08
- 25th
- $52.76
- Median
- $60.06
- 75th
- $63.52
- 90th
- $73.04
Hourly pay range: 10th percentile $49.08/hr, median $60.06/hr, 90th percentile $73.04/hr.
Employed in CA
24,500
BLS estimate
Vs. U.S. median
+$12.90
U.S. median $47.16/hr
Licensing for dental hygienists in California
Dental Hygiene Board of California. Board, lookup and requirements
Dental Hygienist pay by California metro area
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim7,940 jobs$59.12/hr
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont3,780 jobs$70.56/hr
- Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom2,200 jobs$58.92/hr
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad1,940 jobs$59.52/hr
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario1,860 jobs$50.83/hr
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara1,620 jobs$67.30/hr
- Fresno530 jobs$48.91/hr
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura500 jobs$60.83/hr
- Stockton-Lodi480 jobs$60.16/hr
- Modesto390 jobs$59.57/hr
- Bakersfield-Delano340 jobs$54.99/hr
- Santa Rosa-Petaluma310 jobs$65.49/hr
- Vallejo270 jobs$61.81/hr
- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara260 jobs$65.38/hr
- Salinas240 jobs$58.83/hr
- San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles220 jobs$60.42/hr
- Santa Cruz-Watsonville220 jobs$62.79/hr
- Visalia200 jobs$47.23/hr
- Chico150 jobs$57.12/hr
- Redding130 jobs$56.79/hr
- Merced100 jobs$56.44/hr
- Napa100 jobs$63.16/hr
- Hanford-Corcoran80 jobs$54.41/hr
- Yuba City60 jobs$59.99/hr
- El Centro40 jobs$55.71/hr
Metropolitan statistical areas as defined by BLS, sorted by number of jobs.
Sources
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025: California, Dental Hygienist (SOC 29-1292), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Checked against these sources on Oct 1, 2026.
Medians cover wage and salary workers (not the self-employed) and don't include benefits. Use them as a baseline, not a quote.