Dental Hygienist salary in Great Falls
Great Falls, MT
The verified BLS median dental hygienist in the Great Falls metro earns $94,460 ($45.41/hr). Great Falls pays roughly 4% below the national median of $98,100.
Dental Hygienist pay in Great Falls: the analysis
At a verified median of $94,460, dental hygienists in Great Falls earn modestly below the U.S. median of $98,100 — a gap of about 4%. Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental hygienist pay, Great Falls ranks 159th.
Compared with Montana as a whole (median $98,440), Great Falls pays dental hygienists about 4% less than the statewide median. Local demand, cost of labor, and the mix of practices drive most of that difference.
The pay range is wide: the lowest-paid tenth of dental hygienists in this metro area earn around $79,640, while the top tenth earn $95,960 or more — a spread of about $16,320. That gap reflects experience, practice setting, and local demand more than any single factor, so an individual offer can sit well above or below the midpoint.
The BLS counts roughly 90 dental hygienists employed in Great Falls — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.
Within Great Falls, a dental hygienist earns about 1.7× less than a general dentist and about 2.0× what a dental assistant earns ($162,810, $46,360 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.
Dental Hygienist pay distribution — Great Falls (verified)
Inner percentiles marked “est.” are interpolated between published anchors.
| Percentile | Annual pay | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentilei | $79,640 | $38.29/hr |
| 25th percentilei | $91,930 | $44.20/hr |
| Median (50th)i | $94,460 | $45.41/hr |
| 75th percentilei | $95,700 | $46.01/hr |
| 90th percentilei | $95,960 | $46.13/hr |
| Mean (average)i | $91,470 | $43.98/hr |
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How much does a dental hygienist make in Great Falls?
The verified BLS OEWS median dental hygienist in the Great Falls metro earns about $94,460 ($45.41/hr), from the official May 2025 metropolitan wage survey.
How does Great Falls dental hygienist pay compare to Montana overall?
The verified BLS OEWS Great Falls metro median is about $94,460, versus the verified BLS OEWS Montana statewide median of about $98,440.
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