Sample report · Dental
Dental Labor Market Data
Hiring in the DSO era
Dental hiring is a three-role market with one bottleneck: the hygienist. Hygienist postings doubled from 2022 to 2025, median posted pay climbed 25% to $104,000, and roughly one in four hygienist postings offers a signing bonus. Meanwhile 12 to 20% of all dental postings each year carry a recognizable DSO brand, a floor on consolidated hiring activity measured before any parent-company resolution.
Dentist postings
680K+
unique, since 2022
Hygienist median pay
$104K
posted, 2026 YTD, +25% vs 2022
Dental offices tracked
230,719
141,812 marked operational
Median posted salary by role, 2022 to 2026
The hygienist premium
| Year | Hygienist median pay | Share disclosing pay | Share offering signing bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $83,200 | 7.3% | 23.5% |
| 2023 | $96,720 | 20.7% | 20.6% |
| 2024 | $98,800 | 31.7% | 18.9% |
| 2025 | $99,840 | 25.5% | 25.7% |
| 2026 (H1) | $104,000 | 36.8% | 15.2% |
Inside the full report
- Volume by role: dentists, hygienists, and assistants, annual and quarterly
- The hygienist premium: pay, disclosure rates, and signing-bonus prevalence
- DSO consolidation share by year and a most-active-brands table (Aspen, Gentle, Heartland, and more)
- 230,719 US dental office locations with operating status
July 2026 archive snapshot. Figures are unique US postings after two-stage semantic deduplication.
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