Dentist salary in Omaha, NE: $187,400 median.
BLS reports occupational wages for the Omaha, NE-IA metropolitan statistical area (CBSA 36540), which includes Omaha and surrounding communities. Figures describe that whole area, not Omaha city limits. It spans Nebraska and Iowa.
Dentists in the Omaha, NE-IA metropolitan area earned a median annual wage of $187,400 in May 2025, according to BLS (OEWS, SOC 29-1021); the OEWS mean annual wage was $191,850. That median is 10% above the U.S. median of $170,950. BLS estimates about 440 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 Omaha, NE-IA metropolitan area at 91.9 (U.S. = 100): prices for the average consumer are about 8% below the national level. That is context, not an adjusted salary.
What area these numbers cover
Data The BLS geography behind every figure on this page.
- Search label
- Omaha, NE
- BLS source geography
- Omaha, NE-IA
- Geography type
- Metropolitan Statistical Area
- CBSA code
- 36540
- States
- Nebraska, Iowa
- Delineation
- OMB Bulletin 23-01, as used by BLS OEWS May 2025
Local, state and national pay
Data Same occupation (SOC 29-1021), same BLS release (May 2025). This metro spans more than one state; each state is shown.
| Geography | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha, NE-IA (metro, CBSA 36540) | $187,400 | $191,850 | 440 |
| Nebraska (state) | $179,750 | $186,420 | 790 |
| Iowa (state) | $181,520 | $198,470 | 1,240 |
| United States | $170,950 | $191,350 | 124,390 |
Dentist salary in Iowa · National Dentist salary · Careers in Omaha, NE.
Data Nationally, BLS projects employment in this occupation to change +5.7% 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 Omaha, NE-IA metropolitan statistical area (CBSA 36540) and SOC 29-1021 (Dentists, General). Omaha, NE 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 “dentist salary omaha” (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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