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Metro area · Wisconsin · May 2025

Dental hygienist salary in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN

Dental hygienists in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area earn a median $46.13 an hour, or $95,950 a year. That is 2.2% below the national median and 0.6% below the Wisconsin median of $46.41. BLS counts about 150 hygienist jobs here.

Median hourly
$46.13
Median annual
$95,950
Rank in Wisconsin
10 of 19
Hygienists employed
150
How pay is spread, La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-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, La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN, May 2025
PercentileHourlyAnnual
10th percentile$38.87$80,840
25th percentile$44.00$91,520
Median$46.13$95,950
75th percentile$47.08$97,920
90th percentile$48.07$99,990
Mean (average)$45.20$94,020

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

Compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.

Pay, May 2025
This areaWIU.S.
Median hourly$46.13$46.41$47.16
Median annual$95,950$96,540$98,100
25th percentile hourly$44.00$40.33$40.18
75th percentile hourly$47.08$48.44$52.16

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

This metro area crosses into Minnesota.

Other Wisconsin areas

Ranked by median hourly wage. All of Wisconsin

Dental hygienist pay in other Wisconsin areas, May 2025
AreaMedian hourlyMedian annualMiddle half earn (hourly)$25$60Employed
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$54.15$112,630$49.58 to $56.232,590
Madison, WI$48.24$100,340$45.40 to $48.77680
Sheboygan, WI$47.57$98,940$40.84 to $47.81110
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$47.49$98,780$40.18 to $50.981,360
Duluth, MN-WI$47.41$98,600$39.70 to $48.19220
South Central Wisconsin (nonmetro)$46.47$96,660$40.00 to $47.05310
Kenosha, WI$46.45$96,620$42.44 to $47.45100
Appleton, WI$46.32$96,350$40.79 to $47.26240
Janesville-Beloit, WI$46.25$96,200$40.44 to $47.91120
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$45.82$95,310$41.10 to $46.88160
Western Wisconsin (nonmetro)$45.69$95,040$39.36 to $47.76200
Northwestern Wisconsin (nonmetro)$45.22$94,050$39.42 to $47.5880
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$45.12$93,850$41.49 to $47.67130
Fond du Lac, WI$44.78$93,150$39.38 to $46.1990
Green Bay, WI$44.19$91,920$40.17 to $45.29340
Wausau, WI$42.05$87,470$37.99 to $46.94150
Eau Claire, WI$41.74$86,830$39.12 to $46.61180
Northeastern Wisconsin (nonmetro)$40.71$84,690$39.33 to $47.26400

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

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Median hygienist pay, La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
$46.13/hr
75th percentile
$47.08/hr

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