The North Carolina Department of Commerce showed the average 2014 entry-level dental hygienist salary in North Carolina to be $53,550. Experienced dental hygiene professionals earned an average of $72,770, while the average North Carolina dental hygienist salary was $66,360.
Dental Hygienist Salaries in North Carolina by Metropolitan Area
Dental hygiene salaries in North Carolina’s metropolitan areas varied widely according to the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
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The highest average salary was in the Raleigh area, while the highest entry-level salary was in the Greensboro area:
North Carolina Area
Entry-level
Average
Experienced
Raleigh
$60240
$70350
$75400
Charlotte
$56060
$69030
$75510
Greensboro
$60450
$67740
$71390
Greenville
$57120
$67270
$72340
Rocky Mount
$47640
$67160
$76920
Winston-Salem
$57610
$67090
$71830
Wilmington
$57720
$66010
$70160
Burlington
$58870
$65960
$69500
Hickory
$58230
$64920
$68260
Fayetteville
$49900
$61960
$67990
Jacksonville
$51570
$61210
$66030
Goldsboro
$51180
$58720
$62490
Asheville
$48020
$55830
$59730
Dental Hygienist Job Growth Projections Throughout North Carolina
The number of dental hygienist jobs in North Carolina is expected to increase by 30% in the ten-year period ending in 2020. Increases are projected in all but one of North Carolina’s Workforce Development Regions. The exception is the Northwest Piedmont region. Job growth in the Centralina region during this period is projected to be even higher than in the state as a whole at 33.3%.
Projections suggest that 300 dental hygienist jobs a year will become available throughout North Carolina. Sixty percent of them will be due to growth in the field. The greatest number of jobs will be in the Capital Area region.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics also provides a detailed breakdown of hourly and annual 2013 North Carolina dental hygiene salary percentiles throughout 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
Asheville, NC
380
26.84
55830
26.55
29.91
34.36
55230
62210
71460
Burlington NC
100
31.71
65960
33.02
35.21
36.58
68670
73230
76090
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC
1170
33.19
69030
33.67
37.96
43.09
70020
78950
89630
Durham-Chapel Hill NC
280
29.98
62360
29.05
33.85
37.51
60420
70400
78010
Fayetteville NC
230
29.79
61960
31.17
34.26
36.11
64840
71260
75120
Goldsboro NC
60
28.23
58720
28.05
32.14
35.08
58350
66850
72960
Greensboro-High Point NC
530
32.57
67740
33.01
35.72
37.73
68650
74310
78480
Greenville NC
90
32.34
67270
32.60
35.81
40.36
67810
74480
83950
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton NC
170
31.21
64920
32.37
34.60
35.94
67330
71980
74760
Jacksonville NC
120
29.43
61210
30.16
33.67
35.78
62730
70030
74420
Raleigh-Cary NC
840
33.82
70350
33.66
37.94
42.99
70020
78910
89420
Rocky Mount NC
80
32.29
67160
32.74
39.85
44.35
68090
82880
92250
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News VA-NC
980
35.32
73460
34.89
39.44
45.69
72560
82030
95040
Wilmington NC
290
31.74
66010
32.14
34.93
36.76
66840
72660
76460
Winston-Salem NC
400
32.26
67090
32.39
35.49
40.21
67370
73810
83630
Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
170
28.37
59000
29.17
33.18
35.58
60670
69010
74000
Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
510
30.80
64070
30.56
37.05
43.04
63570
77070
89520
Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
320
34.34
71420
34.33
39.13
43.52
71410
81390
90520
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
300
28.83
59970
28.17
32.67
35.96
58600
67960
74800
