Dentist Salary in Texas: What Dentists Earn in 2026
Posted pay in Texas dentist listings
$287,500/yrmedian
The middle half of posted pay runs $212,500–$409,000/yr, from 16 distinct pay ranges at 3 employers (Community Dental Partners, Western Dental / Sonrava Health, Westphalia Holdings).
From DentistryHires' live job listings as of November 14, 2026. See the listings
25th percentile
$119,990
Median (50th)
$162,360
75th percentile
$216,390
National median
$170,950
BLS OEWS (SOC 29-1021), May 2025
What does a dentist make in Texas?
The median dentist in Texas earns $162,360 a year ($78.06 an hour), which is $8,590 below the national median of $170,950, but less than in nearby Arkansas ($178,930), Louisiana ($170,750) and Oklahoma ($166,170).
The mean is $178,360.
That ranks 35th of the 47 states where BLS publishes a dentist median.
Entry-level vs top earners in Texas
The middle half of Texas dentists earn $119,990 to $216,390.
The lowest-paid tenth earn under $83,990, $2,260 below the national 10th percentile.
The top tenth earn over $308,220, $11,410 below the national 90th percentile.
How far the pay goes in Texas
The Bureau of Economic Analysis puts Texas's 2024 price level at 97.1 (U.S. = 100): prices overall run 2.9% below the national average, and housing (index 96.5) runs 3.5% below.
Converted to national average prices, the $162,360 median is worth about $167,280 — $3,670 below the national median of $170,950.
How many dentists work in Texas
BLS counts about 8,920 dentist jobs in Texas, 7.2% of the 124,390 nationwide, or 0.634 per 1,000 jobs in the state.
Dentists hold a 21% smaller share of local jobs than nationally (location quotient 0.79).
Dentist Salary by City in Texas
All dental roles by metro: Abilene · Amarillo · Brownsville · Corpus Christi · Dallas · El Paso · Houston · McAllen · San Antonio · Tyler · Victoria
What Dentist Job Listings in Texas Show Right Now
From the 95 active dentist listings on DentistryHires as of November 14, 2026.
Employers with the most openings
Pay employers post
- Median $323,000 a year; the middle half of posted pay runs $212,500–$409,000 (24 listings that state a salary)
- 25% of dentist listings in Texas state any pay at all.
Benefits listings name
- Paid or provided CEnamed in 93%
- Health insurancenamed in 84%
- Malpractice insurancenamed in 80%
- 401(k) plannamed in 75%
- Dental or vision coveragenamed in 65%
- Paid time offnamed in 21%
- Advancement opportunitiesnamed in 20%
- Flexible schedulingnamed in 19%
Source: active dentist listings on DentistryHires, updated daily. Pay figures use only listings that state pay (midpoint of each posted range) and are hidden when one employer posted most of them. Benefits count listings that name the benefit; a listing that doesn’t mention one may still offer it.
Browse 95 jobs →Dentist Regulatory Context in Texas
Dentist practice in Texas is regulated by the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners.
Scope of practice — what a dentist may do, and under what level of supervision — is set by state law and changes over time, so verify current rules with the board before relying on them.
How Texas Compares
Other dental salaries in Texas
- Dental Hygienist salary in Texas: median $99,240, $63,120 below the dentist median
- Dental Assistant salary in Texas: median $45,430, $116,930 below the dentist median
- Dental Lab Technician salary in Texas: median $46,330, $116,030 below the dentist median
Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (state and national estimates, all industries); U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Price-adjusted pay divides the median by the price level.
Listing counts and posted pay are live DentistryHires listings, refreshed hourly.
A dash means BLS did not publish that figure; nothing is estimated.