The New Hampshire Economic & Labor Market Information Bureau (ELMI) considers the field of dental hygiene to be a very favorable one. It projects a job growth rate of 24.6% over the ten-year period ending in 2022.
At $80,142 a year, the 2014 average dental hygienist salary in New Hampshire was $8,612 higher than the national average for this field. Dental hygienists entering the workforce earned $67,725 on average, while experienced professionals averaged $86,320.
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Metropolitan New Hampshire Dental Hygienist Salaries
Entry-level dental hygienist salaries varied a great deal between New Hampshire’s major metropolitan areas. There was a $30,092 difference between the entry-level salary in the Exeter-Seabrook area and the Manchester area:
New Hampshire Area
Entry-level
Average
Experienced
Concord
$69056
$79310
$84448
Exeter-Seabrook
$84677
$87131
$88338
Lebanon-Hanover
$53248
$72654
$82368
Manchester
$51598
$72946
$83470
Nashua-Derry
$79602
$85987
$89149
Portsmouth
$67642
$79248
$85030
Rochester-Dover
$67725
$76003
$79414
Dental Hygienist Employment Levels in New Hampshire
New Hampshire had the fifth highest concentration of dental hygienist jobs in the country in 2103 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The ELMI reported that 1,250 dental hygienists were employed in New Hampshire in 2013.
The highest concentration was found in the Nashua-Derry area. Two hundred and sixty dental hygienists worked in this metropolitan area in 2013. The next highest concentration of dental hygienists was in the Concord area with 230 professionals employed there. Only 100 dental hygienists were employed in the Rochester-Dover area.
The BLS provides detailed information on 2013 New Hampshire dental hygienist salary percentiles throughout metropolitan and nonmetropolitan parts of the state:
Area name
Employment
Hourly mean wage
Annual mean wage
Hourly median wage
Hourly 75th percentile wage
Hourly 90th percentile wage
Annual median wage
Annual 75th percentile wage
Annual 90th percentile wage
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury MA-NH NECTA Division
220
39.31
81760
40.28
43.44
45.35
83780
90360
94320
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem MA-NH NECTA Division
140
36.55
76030
38.08
42.13
44.56
79210
87630
92690
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford MA-NH NECTA Division
240
38.22
79490
39.67
43.03
45.05
82520
89500
93690
Manchester NH
240
36.44
75800
36.39
40.61
43.76
75690
84470
91010
Nashua NH-MA NECTA Division
270
40.29
83810
41.41
44.35
46.16
86120
92250
96000
Portsmouth NH-ME
90
37.41
77810
38.40
42.41
44.81
79870
88210
93210
Rochester-Dover NH-ME
100
36.01
74900
35.44
40.40
44.06
73710
84030
91650
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
50
34.37
71490
34.40
37.94
43.02
71540
78920
89480
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
230
37.43
77840
38.03
42.07
44.50
79100
87510
92560
Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
80
33.84
70380
33.68
38.21
43.28
70060
79470
90010
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
70
39.57
82310
40.58
43.45
45.17
84410
90380
93960
