Dental Hygienist salary in McAllen, TX: $82,940 median.
BLS reports occupational wages for the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metropolitan statistical area (CBSA 32580), which includes McAllen, Edinburg and Mission and surrounding communities. Figures describe that whole area, not McAllen city limits.
Dental Hygienists in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metropolitan area earned a median annual wage of $82,940 in May 2025, according to BLS (OEWS, SOC 29-1292); the OEWS mean annual wage was $82,840. That median is 15% below the U.S. median of $98,100. BLS estimates about 210 people work in this occupation across the metro.
Data This metro's estimate does not meet TryHired's reliability rule for rankings (500+ jobs, employment PRSE ≤ 20%, mean-wage PRSE ≤ 10%, a non-degenerate wage distribution), so no rank is shown; the published figures still are.
Data Separately, BEA puts 2024 price levels across the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metropolitan area at 85.9 (U.S. = 100): prices for the average consumer are about 14% below the national level. That is context, not an adjusted salary.
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Data The BLS geography behind every figure on this page.
- Search label
- McAllen, TX
- BLS source geography
- McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
- Geography type
- Metropolitan Statistical Area
- CBSA code
- 32580
- States
- Texas
- Delineation
- OMB Bulletin 23-01, as used by BLS OEWS May 2025
Local, state and national pay
Data Same occupation (SOC 29-1292), same BLS release (May 2025).
| Geography | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX (metro, CBSA 32580) | $82,940 | $82,840 | 210 |
| Texas (state) | $99,240 | $96,240 | 16,380 |
| United States | $98,100 | $98,990 | 222,740 |
Dental Hygienist salary in Texas · National Dental Hygienist salary.
Data Nationally, BLS projects employment in this occupation to change +8.0% from 2025 to 2035. BLS does not publish metro projections in this dataset, so that is national context, not a local forecast.
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How this page is built
BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates for the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metropolitan statistical area (CBSA 32580) and SOC 29-1292 (Dental Hygienists). McAllen, TX is the search label for that area; BLS does not publish city-limit wages. Employment is the number of people working in the occupation (excluding the self-employed), not job openings. Ranks use only metro estimates that pass the reliability rule (500+ jobs, employment PRSE ≤ 20%, mean-wage PRSE ≤ 10%, non-degenerate distribution); suppressed values are never imputed. Searches this page answers include “dental hygienist salary mcallen tx” (Ahrefs, U.S.).
- Cost of living: wages are not adjusted for local prices.
- Pay at a specific employer, in one city's limits, or for self-employed workers.
- Local outlook: BLS projections here are national.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 metropolitan-area estimates (2018 SOC; metropolitan statistical areas per OMB Bulletin 23-01), public domain.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program, national occupational projections 2025–35 (no metro projections are published in this dataset).
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024 (released February 19, 2026).
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