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Average Dentists, General Salary in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV

Dentists, General in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV earn a median annual salary of $168,450, which is -1.5% compared to the national median. There are 80 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV (metro area).

$168,450
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV median annual wage
$81/hour median
-1.5%
Difference vs national median
National median is $170,950
80
Local employment
0.8 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.95
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$88,230
25th
$130,860
Median
$168,450
75th
$221,380
90th
$308,320

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
94.2%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$178,877
Goods: 96.4%
Services: 95.7%
Rents: 75.7%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $241,850 Compare 450
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $238,040 Compare 280
Columbia, SC $228,820 Compare 480
Anchorage, AK $228,030 Compare 180
Evansville, IN $225,620 Compare 70
Bend, OR $224,990 Compare 120

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Family Medicine Physicians $379,090 N/A
General Internal Medicine Physicians $303,930 2.46
Physicians, All Other $292,490 0.97
Dentists, General $168,450 0.95
Architectural And Engineering Managers $157,870 0.45
Purchasing Managers $156,730 0.79
Human Resources Managers $149,610 0.52
Computer Occupations, All Other $148,700 1.18

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV has salary data for 343 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Family Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Dentists, General in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Dentists, General are projected to change by +4.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 3,900 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.