Dentist pay rose between 2017 and 2020 and dropped in 2021 with a rise in inflation, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Inflation Calculator.
Here is how the average U.S. inflation rate compares to the average annual dentist salary from 2017 until 2021, the last year salary data was available:
2021
Average annual salary: $177,770
Inflation rate: 4.7 percent
2020
Average annual salary: $$186,300
Inflation rate: 1.2 percent
2019
Average annual salary: $183,060
Inflation rate: 1.8 percent
2018
Average annual salary: $180,590
Inflation rate: 2.4 percent
2017
Average annual salary: $180,010
Inflation rate: 2.1 percent