Which pays more, Dental Hygienist or Physician?

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

Dental Hygienist vs Physician

Physician pays more: a median of $223,500 against $105,500. There is 1.4× more demand for Physician.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Dental Hygienist	Physician	Gap
Open postings	28,286	39,626	-11,340
Posted this week	756	1,356
Median salary	$105,500	$223,500	$-118k
25th percentile	$83.5k	$177k
75th percentile	$131k	$277k
Salary disclosed	7.7%	8.2%
Remote share	13.9%	11.0%	+2.9pp
Median age of posting	40d	43d
Open over 60 days	30.7%	36.4%
Visa sponsorship	12.8%	12.8%

Pay

Pay distribution

Dental Hygienist

$47k$183k

Physician

$101k$387k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Dental Hygienist

just posted40d median90d+

Physician

just posted43d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Dental Hygienist — technologies

72.0%

Python

65.8%

GCP

59.6%

Tableau

53.4%

Kotlin

47.2%

Node.js

41.0%

Airflow

34.8%

Physician — technologies

72.0%

Terraform

65.8%

TypeScript

59.6%

JavaScript

53.4%

Docker

47.2%

HubSpot

41.0%

Java

34.8%

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%

Physician — employers

Quarry Analytics

9.4%

Brightline Retail

8.7%

Solstice Biotech

8.0%

Halcyon Energy

7.2%

Northwind Systems

6.5%

Meridian Software

5.8%

Rivergate Media

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%.