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So this means a nurse and dental hygienist couple earns a family income of about 230K a year.

According to us news best jobs, in San Francisco, the median salary for a dental hygienist is $112,970.

By contrast, the median salary for a dental hygienist in San Francisco is $112,970 a year.

Also, several dentists over the years have recommended to me seeking a dentist that an employs a hygienist for this reason.

For what it's worth, every dentist/hygienist I've ever had has told me that electric toothbrushes are better.

The median salary for a developer, registered nurse, and dental hygienist in SF is 110k, 112k, and 109k respectively[1].

In San Francisco, the median salary for a software developer is a little bit above a dental hygienist and substantially below a registered nurse[1].

Consider the case of a dental hygienist married to a nurse.

I don't see these approaches as mutually exclusive I see how full stack development and silos can both exist in the same environment like if the Dentist in the counterpoint article's analogy takes over the hygienist's role when the hygienist is out on vacation.

I bring these fields up as a reminder that career flexibility exists at a level that is considerably more elite than dental hygienist.

So a software developer in SF, ground zero for the worker shortage, earns a bit more than a dental hygienist, and considerably less than a registered nurse.

Even if you are (my guess is that a dental hygienist would count as a skilled position worthy of the visa), what about going back to school?

Part of the problem here is that "radiologist", "registered nurse", and "dental hygienist" all mean something very standardized and specific.

Imagine an ad, "Dental Hygienist and Office Manager looking to hire a freelancer to fix teeth." If I'm a dentist (who is any good), why would I respond to that ad?

So in that sense, yes, it is "flexible." But one very attractive quality of being a dental hygienist is that you can step back from the field for a few years, work part time (or not at all), and re-enter a few years later.

But when a software developer in SF earns only a bit more than a dental hygienist and a bit less than a registered nurse, I don't think that the software developer "shortage" is any more acute than the shortage of skilled workers in every other segment of the economy.