Exactly 290 of Michigan's 8,570 dental hygienists work in Ann Arbor. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of dental hygienists in Ann Arbor has grown by 16%. As the number of dental hygienists in Ann Arbor has increased, overall employment in Ann Arbor has decreased.

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As the number of dental hygienists in Ann Arbor has grown, salaries for dental hygienists have also increased. In 2010 an average salary of $63,570 per year was earned by dental hygienists in Ann Arbor. Four years earlier in 2006, dental hygienists in Ann Arbor made an average salary of $62,980 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Ann Arbor.

Dental hygienists in Ann Arbor make a median yearly salary of $63,790. The 10% of dental hygienists in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $52,650 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 46% higher salaries.

On average dental hygienists in Ann Arbor earn salaries that are lower than the salaries earned by other professionals in Ann Arbor.

There is only one accredited dental hygienist school in the city. Many of Ann Arbor's dental hygienists are graduates of this school.

Ann Arbor's dental hygienist schools offer 2 dental hygienist degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 37 students graduated from dental hygienist courses in 2010.