West Virginia is in area of great growth in the dental hygienist profession. There were 1,110 hygienists employed in the state as of 2012. Based on the average job growth rate for the dental hygienist profession, West Virginia’s dental practitioners community can expect to see a 33% increase in the number of jobs by the year 2022.
The following is a breakdown of the average annual salary and the average hourly wage statistics for dental hygienists in West Virginia as a whole:
- Entry-level dental hygienist – $41,450 per year ($19.91 per hour)
- Mid-level dental hygienist – $51,500 per year ($24.75 per hour)
- Experienced dental hygienist – $63,200 per year ($30.38 per hour)
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The complete salary and wage data for West Virginia can be seen on the following table constructed from data gathered by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2013:
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
Charleston WV
280
24.34
50630
25.18
27.71
29.63
52370
57630
61620
Cumberland MD-WV
70
32.86
68350
32.18
39.59
44.22
66930
82350
91980
Hagerstown-Martinsburg MD-WV
110
31.86
66270
32.57
35.02
36.52
67740
72840
75960
Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH
160
23.82
49540
22.73
26.80
29.83
47270
55740
62040
Morgantown WV
110
26.41
54940
26.15
28.98
33.73
54400
60280
70170
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna WV-OH
110
27.88
58000
28.45
32.47
35.13
59190
67530
73070
Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV
60
23.26
48390
22.05
26.48
31.64
45860
55080
65810
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division
2410
42.52
88430
44.60
50.71
55.14
92760
105480
114680
Wheeling WV-OH
150
22.15
46080
21.75
25.07
28.29
45250
52140
58840
Winchester VA-WV
60
40.39
84020
40.03
45.57
53.59
83270
94780
111460
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area
200
22.78
47390
22.74
25.86
28.23
47300
53790
58720
North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area
190
27.39
56970
27.45
30.74
34.23
57110
63930
71200
