Which pays more, Care Assistant or Dental Hygienist?

The median advertised salary for each is in the table above, along with the 25th and 75th percentiles so you can see the spread rather than one number.

Which has more openings?

Both counts are live and computed at the same moment, so the comparison is like for like.

Postings are read from company career systems continuously; the age row shows how old the listings themselves are.

Side by side

Care Assistant vs Dental Hygienist

Dental Hygienist pays more: a median of $105,500 against $97,000. Demand is comparable on both sides. Listings for Dental Hygienist move faster — median age 40 days against 69.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Care Assistant	Dental Hygienist	Gap
Open postings	24,960	28,286	-3,326
Posted this week	573	756
Median salary	$97,000	$105,500	$-8.5k
25th percentile	$76.5k	$83.5k
75th percentile	$121k	$131k
Salary disclosed	6.9%	7.7%
Remote share	11.4%	13.9%	-2.5pp
Median age of posting	69d	40d
Open over 60 days	45.1%	30.7%
Visa sponsorship	4.8%	12.8%

Pay

Pay distribution

Care Assistant

$44k$168k

Dental Hygienist

$47k$183k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Care Assistant

just posted69d median90d+

Dental Hygienist

just posted40d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Care Assistant — technologies

Python

72.0%

Java

65.8%

Docker

59.6%

SQL

53.4%

Azure

47.2%

Tableau

41.0%

JavaScript

34.8%

Dental Hygienist — technologies

72.0%

Python

65.8%

GCP

59.6%

Tableau

53.4%

Kotlin

47.2%

Node.js

41.0%

Airflow

34.8%

Care Assistant — employers

Vantage Logistics

9.4%

Cobalt Financial

8.7%

Umbra Security

8.0%

Ironbark Manufacturing

7.2%

Solstice Biotech

6.5%

Rivergate Media

5.8%

Meridian Software

5.1%

Dental Hygienist — employers

Northwind Systems

9.4%

Brightline Retail

8.7%

Fairmount Legal

8.0%

Beacon Robotics

7.2%

Vantage Logistics

6.5%

Aperture Labs

5.8%

Pinewood Education

5.1%

More comparisons

Other Healthcare comparisons

Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.