Registered Dental Hygienist
Listed compensation
$48/hr
Listing transparency3 of 6 stated
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job Description
Overview
Downtown Dental Syracuse is looking to add a Registered Dental Hygienist to our exceptional team! We are a modern, downtown dental office located in a beautiful historic building. Our office is equipped with the latest dental technologies, making appointments a breeze for both our Hygienists and our patients. If you're passionate about oral health and excited about making a difference in patient experiences, we hope to hear from you!
Compensation: $48+ per hour, based on experience
Schedule
- Full-time
- 4-day work week!
- Mondays through Thursday
- 8 AM-5 PM
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- PTO and paid holidays
- 401(k) options
- Free CE courses provided by our affiliated vendors
- Referral Bonus Program
- Occasional team lunches
- Paid parking downtown
- Modern technology and supportive team environment
Qualifications
- Active NYS Dental Hygiene License
- Recent graduates are encouraged to apply
- Willingness to learn
- Team player
- INDHRDH02
Key Responsibilities
Provide dental hygiene care and help promote patients’ oral health. Contribute to a positive patient experience while working as part of the dental office team.
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Registered Dental Hygienist at Downtown Dental Syracuse a 6.8 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Dental Hygiene — ranked against 1,748 active Dental Hygiene listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Dental Hygiene Career Context
Of the 40 active Dental Hygienist listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% have no call, 73% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$100k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $93k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Top 25% in Dental Hygiene
- No weekends
Living in Fayetteville
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $352k
- Median resident rent
- $1,187/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 24 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 95.7
- State income tax
- Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Syracuse, NY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.