Dental Hygienist
Compensation
Pay not listed
The week · per this posting · Monday – Thursday
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Job Description
Dr. Scott Peele's office is looking for a Dental Hygienist to join our team in Asheville, NC! We are a single-doctor private practice that values quality care and a work/life balance.
Our practice is well known for providing our community with comfortable, pain-free dental care using state-of-the-art technology and modern techniques. The best candidate for this role has a superior chairside manner and strong interpersonal skills to build rapport with our patients and create positive experiences. If this sounds like you, submit your application today!
Schedule: Full-time
- Monday through Thursday
- 7:30 am - 3:15 pm
- This position will start January 11, 2027
Benefits and Perks
- Competitive compensation depending on experience
- Monthly cash bonus opportunities
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Generous PTO and paid holidays
- Traditional and Roth 401(k) options
Qualifications
- Valid RDH License
- Recent graduates are encouraged to apply
- INDHRDH02
Key Responsibilities
Provide comfortable, pain-free dental care to patients using state-of-the-art technology. Build rapport with patients through superior chairside manner and strong interpersonal skills.
Key Skills
Dental Hygiene Career Context
The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 50 active Dental Hygienist listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% have no call, 58% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.4 / 10 · above average in dental hygienist | ranked against 2,151 Dental Hygienist listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Dental Hygienist median $102k (middle half $88k–$114k)21 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | North Carolina index 94.3 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Dental Hygienist listings in North Carolina | 209 active | 5,754 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 42% no call · 58% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | sign-on bonus | North Carolina healthcare professional listings: 36% state a sign-on bonus (median $15k) · 5% offer loan repayment209 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Dental Hygiene listings | 737 in the last 30 days | 473 the 30 days before (+56%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Dental Hygienist at Asheville Dental Wellness a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Dental Hygienist — ranked against 2,151 active Dental Hygienist listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,151 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
- No weekends
About Asheville Dental Wellness
Benefits & Perks
Living in Asheville
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $451k
- Typical market rent
- $1,726/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 18 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 96.5
- State income tax
- Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Asheville, NC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.