Exactly 1,800 of the 2,920 dental hygienists employed in Oregon, work in Portland. There has been a 1% growth in the number of dental hygienists in Portland between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for dental hygienists in Portland has increased, overall employment in Portland has also increased.

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In Portland, salaries for dental hygienists have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $78,570 per year was earned by dental hygienists in Portland. Four years earlier in 2006, dental hygienists in Portland made an average salary of $72,810 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Portland.

Dental hygienists make a median salary of $79,480 per year in Portland. The difference in pay between the dental hygienists in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 46%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $64,500 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $94,180 per year.

Portland dental hygienists have earnings that are higher than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

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

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

Approximately 18 students completed dental hygienist courses in 2010.