Exactly 2,500 of the 8,290 dental hygienists employed in Pennsylvania, work in Philadelphia. There has been a 5% decline in the number of dental hygienists in Philadelphia between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of dental hygienists in Philadelphia has decreased, overall employment in Philadelphia has increased.

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In Philadelphia, salaries for dental hygienists have increased. In 2010 Philadelphia dental hygienists earned an average yearly salary of $61,300. Four years earlier in 2006, dental hygienists in Philadelphia made an average salary of $57,100 per year. The growth in the salary of dental hygienists in Philadelphia is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Dental hygienists make a median salary of $62,440 per year in Philadelphia. The 10% of dental hygienists in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $46,040 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 71% higher salaries.

On average dental hygienist salaries in Philadelphia are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

Many of Philadelphia's dental hygienists are graduates of the only accredited dental hygienist school in the city.

Philadelphia's dental hygienist school offers one dental hygienist degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 23 students graduated from dental hygienist courses.