SOC 29-1021 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025
How much do Dentists, General make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Dentists, General in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $120,160. The 10th percentile is $62,230 and the 90th percentile is $195,000. Employment is 100.
Median annual wage
$120,160
- 10th percentile
- $62,230
- 25th percentile
- $93,940
- Median
- $120,160
- 75th percentile
- $195,000
- 90th percentile
- $195,000
- Mean
- $131,610
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Dentists, General, the published 10th percentile is $62,230 and the 90th percentile is $195,000. The difference is $132,770, which is 110.5% 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 $93,940 to the 75th at $195,000, covers $101,060.
The mean annual wage is $131,610, which sits above the median of $120,160. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR median is 29.7% lower than the national median of $170,950 for Dentists, General.
It is 11.7% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $107,560.
Price-adjusted pay
The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.
Nearby metros
No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Dentists, General in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Employment share
Dentists, General accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR (100 of 690,810). Nationally the occupation is 0.08% of employment (124,390 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.18 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.
Highest-paying jobs in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR · Dentists, General 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, General make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Dentists, General in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $120,160. The 10th percentile is $62,230 and the 90th percentile is $195,000. Employment is 100.
How does that compare with the national median for Dentists, General?
The local median is 29.7% lower than the national median of $170,950.