Hiring/Arkansas/Dental Hygienists
Dental Hygienists hiring difficulty in Little Rock, AR
The public market difficulty score for Dental Hygienists in Little Rock, AR is 6.7 out of 10, in the elevated band. The metro median is $89,160 a year, under the U.S. median of $98,100 and within 3 percent of the Arkansas median of $86,760 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). In Arkansas, the December 2025 job openings rate for all industries, statewide, was 4.3%, above the U.S. rate of 4.0% that same month. The statewide hiring pace was 39.7 days, longer than the U.S. pace of 37.8 days (BLS JOLTS, total nonfarm). This occupation's share of jobs in Little Rock is close to its share of U.S. jobs. The location quotient is 0.96 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). OEWS counts 490 jobs in this occupation in the metro (May 2025). No workplace count is shown for Little Rock. The provider-registry extract was built from Oklahoma and Texas city queries and stops at those metros. This set of 80 metros places Little Rock at rank 62 for healthcare employment in practitioner and support occupations.
Average of three ranked components, shown to one decimal. How this score is built
Key numbers
JOLTS on this page is a statewide, all-industry figure. It is the same number for every role in Arkansas. It is a December 2025 print, matched to the U.S. total-nonfarm print for that month.
Annual pay
Metro employment 490 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Location quotient 0.96. Metro area: Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR.
| Percentile | Metro | AR | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25th | $85,080 | $82,620 | $83,570 |
| Median | $89,160 | $86,760 | $98,100 |
| 75th | $91,960 | $93,600 | $108,480 |
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Unpublished cells stay blank here.
Score components
| Component | Input | Score | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local supply | 0.96 | 5.6 | Location quotient, BLS OEWS, May 2025. Lower quotient, higher component. Ranked among the 1,953 published pages. |
| Statewide openings rate | 4.3% | 7.4 | Total nonfarm, all industries, Arkansas, December 2025. Higher rate, higher component. Ranked among 51 states and DC. |
| Statewide hiring pace | 39.7 days | 7.2 | Openings ÷ hires × 365.25 ÷ 12, from 60 thousand openings and 46 thousand hires. Higher days, higher component. |
Shown score 6.7 is the average, rounded half up to one decimal. Full method
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