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Metro area · Minnesota · May 2025

Dental hygienist salary in Mankato, MN

Dental hygienists in the Mankato, MN metro area earn a median $48.20 an hour, or $100,260 a year. That is 2.2% above the national median and 3.6% below the Minnesota median of $49.99. BLS counts about 80 hygienist jobs here.

Median hourly
$48.20
Median annual
$100,260
Rank in Minnesota
4 of 12
Hygienists employed
80
How pay is spread, Mankato, MN, hourly

Middle half (25th to 75th)10th to 90th percentileMedianComparison

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, all industries. Covers the whole metro area as BLS defines it.

Percentiles

Dental hygienist pay, Mankato, MN, May 2025
PercentileHourlyAnnual
10th percentile$37.89$78,810
25th percentile$41.16$85,620
Median$48.20$100,260
75th percentile$48.75$101,400
90th percentile$49.95$103,890
Mean (average)$46.16$96,000

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, all industries.

Compared with Minnesota and the U.S.

Pay, May 2025
This areaMNU.S.
Median hourly$48.20$49.99$47.16
Median annual$100,260$103,970$98,100
25th percentile hourly$41.16$47.62$40.18
75th percentile hourly$48.75$55.94$52.16

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, all industries.

Other Minnesota areas

Ranked by median hourly wage. All of Minnesota

Dental hygienist pay in other Minnesota areas, May 2025
AreaMedian hourlyMedian annualMiddle half earn (hourly)$35$60Employed
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$54.15$112,630$49.58 to $56.232,590
Rochester, MN$49.73$103,440$47.52 to $50.73180
St. Cloud, MN$48.31$100,480$46.59 to $48.80220
Southeast Minnesota (nonmetro)$48.20$100,260$43.51 to $49.08210
Northeast Minnesota (nonmetro)$48.19$100,240$46.00 to $49.2980
Northwest Minnesota (nonmetro)$47.95$99,730$43.08 to $48.57400
Duluth, MN-WI$47.41$98,600$39.70 to $48.19220
Southwest Minnesota (nonmetro)$47.38$98,550$46.84 to $48.13150
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$46.13$95,950$44.00 to $47.08150
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$44.40$92,350$40.34 to $45.61250
Fargo, ND-MN$40.57$84,390$40.05 to $45.19240

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, all industries.

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Median hygienist pay, Mankato, MN
$48.20/hr
75th percentile
$48.75/hr

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