New Jersey
Total responses: 42
Number of full-time dental hygienists1 who responded to survey: 32
- Median projected dental hygiene income for 2011: $65,000
- U.S. Census Bureau median income for one earner: $60,3222
- Differential: + $4,678
- % who have received a raise within last 12 months: 22%
- % who feel that they have received raises at "fair intervals": 28%
- % who feel that economic conditions have affected their "ability to earn the maximum income" that they pursue: 84%
1 Dental hygiene income was compiled from respondents who said they practice four or five days a week.
2 U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey