SOC 29-1029 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025
How much do Dentists, All Other Specialists make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Dentists, All Other Specialists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $241,090. The 10th percentile is $89,250 and the 90th percentile is $333,780. Employment was not published.
Median annual wage
$241,090
- 10th percentile
- $89,250
- 25th percentile
- $94,810
- Median
- $241,090
- 75th percentile
- $269,690
- 90th percentile
- $333,780
- Mean
- $215,780
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
Percentile spread
For Dentists, All Other Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $89,250 and the 90th percentile is $333,780. The difference is $244,530, which is 101.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $94,810 to the 75th at $269,690, covers $174,880.
The mean annual wage is $215,780, which sits below the median of $241,090. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is 7.2% higher than the national median of $224,990 for Dentists, All Other Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $212,291, which is 5.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 4.5% higher than the California median of $230,730.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $241,090 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Dentists, All Other Specialists at $212,291 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Dentists, All Other Specialists. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 121 miles away, with a median of $230,190. That median is 4.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $216,259, against $212,291 here.
Highest-paying jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Dentists, All Other Specialists by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Dentists, All Other Specialists make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Dentists, All Other Specialists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $241,090. The 10th percentile is $89,250 and the 90th percentile is $333,780.
How does that compare with the national median for Dentists, All Other Specialists?
The local median is 7.2% higher than the national median of $224,990.
What is Dentists, All Other Specialists pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $241,090 is $212,291. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA compare with nearby metros for Dentists, All Other Specialists?
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 121 miles away, at $230,190. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.