Salario de Higienista Dental en Delaware (2026)

Vale la pena saber: Delaware has NO in-state DDS-granting institution — one of the smallest US states by area DE is one of the handful of US states without a dental school. DE dentists must train out-of-state at University of Pennsylvania Dental School + Temple Kornberg School of Dentistry + Penn Dental + University of Maryland Dental School + Drexel + Rutgers School of Dental Medicine + the substantial DCAT Delaware Community Access Tuition + the substantial DCH Delaware College for Higher Education + the substantial cross-border WICHE-style regional exchanges. This means DE RDH career opportunity is concentrated in private practice (the bulk of DE RDH employment) and in DE hospital-integrated dental at ChristianaCare + Nemours/DuPont Children's + Bayhealth + Beebe + St Francis, with no in-state academic dental school faculty practice. Delaware Technical Community College DTCC Wilmington + Stanton + Dover + Owens (Georgetown) campus + the substantial DTCC AAS dental hygiene producing ~40-50 AS RDH graduates annually + the substantial DTCC as the only DE dental hygiene degree program in-state — DE RDHs frequently train at the substantial cross-border DCAT + Drexel + Temple + Penn + Rutgers programs as well. ChristianaCare Newark (the largest DE health system + ~13K ChristianaCare employees + the substantial Christiana Hospital flagship + the substantial ChristianaCare Wilmington + the substantial ChristianaCare Helen F. Graham Cancer + the substantial ChristianaCare Center for Heart + Vascular Health + the substantial ChristianaCare post-2010 expansion + the substantial ChristianaCare integrated dental) + Nemours/DuPont Children's Hospital Wilmington (the substantial Nemours pediatric specialty + the substantial Nemours founded by Alfred I. duPont 1934 + the substantial Nemours Children's Hospital + the substantial Nemours $400M+ DuPont endowment + the substantial Nemours pediatric dental + orthodontic) + Bayhealth Dover Kent General + Bayhealth Sussex Milford + Beebe Healthcare Lewes (the substantial Beebe + DE beach regional medical) + St Francis Wilmington + the substantial DE critical access anchor DE hospital-based + integrated RDH employment. The dense Wilmington + Newark + Dover + Rehoboth Beach private practice market drives the bulk of DE RDH career opportunity — senior RDH at Wilmington + Greenville private practice clears $62-85K. The substantial Wilmington Greenville + DE beach UHNW concierge dental (post-2020 NYC + Philly UHNW remote-tech migration to Wilmington Greenville + Centreville + the substantial DuPont/Chemours/Corteva + AstraZeneca + Bank of America DE executive market + the substantial DE beach Rehoboth + Bethany + Lewes UHNW second-home + the substantial post-2020 DE 0% sales tax retirement magnet + the substantial post-2020 DE estate tax repeal 2018) supports unique DE private dental specialty work — concierge RDH at Wilmington Greenville + DE beach clears $70-95K. DE RDH scope of practice is moderate — DE Board of Dental Examiners requires dentist supervision. DE progressive 2.2-6.6% + DE 0% state sales tax + DE NO estate tax (post-2018 repeal) + DE NOT a RTW state + DPERS public pension anchor the DE RDH proposition.