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Metro area · Vermont · May 2025

Dental hygienist salary in Burlington-South Burlington, VT

Dental hygienists in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area earn a median $47.28 an hour, or $98,330 a year. That is 0.3% above the national median and 0.9% above the Vermont median of $46.86. BLS counts about 250 hygienist jobs here.

Median hourly
$47.28
Median annual
$98,330
Rank in Vermont
1 of 3
Hygienists employed
250
How pay is spread, Burlington-South Burlington, VT, 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, Burlington-South Burlington, VT, May 2025
PercentileHourlyAnnual
10th percentile$41.43$86,170
25th percentile$46.41$96,530
Median$47.28$98,330
75th percentile$48.79$101,470
90th percentile$52.90$110,030
Mean (average)$47.82$99,460

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

Compared with Vermont and the U.S.

Pay, May 2025
This areaVTU.S.
Median hourly$47.28$46.86$47.16
Median annual$98,330$97,470$98,100
25th percentile hourly$46.41$43.85$40.18
75th percentile hourly$48.79$48.67$52.16

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

Other Vermont areas

Ranked by median hourly wage. All of Vermont

Dental hygienist pay in other Vermont areas, May 2025
AreaMedian hourlyMedian annualMiddle half earn (hourly)$35$60Employed
Northern Vermont (nonmetro)$46.86$97,470$44.50 to $48.34140
Southern Vermont (nonmetro)$44.90$93,380$38.95 to $48.47160

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

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Median hygienist pay, Burlington-South Burlington, VT
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75th percentile
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