Dental Assistants Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Dental Assistants positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$47,300

National average

Salary Range

$36,190 – $61,780

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Dental Assistants Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$65,360$58,320$75,300
Minnesota$64,630$48,450$74,930
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$64,600$50,340$103,860
Rochester, MN$62,990$47,460$70,400
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$62,700$45,440$79,350
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$62,620$48,170$75,490
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$60,910$48,760$62,800
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$60,890$48,640$74,080
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$60,770$45,480$62,620
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$60,330$46,020$62,650
Vallejo, CA$60,220$45,750$74,240
Mankato, MN$60,160$48,530$68,310
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$60,080$44,690$77,020
St. Cloud, MN$60,060$47,290$68,990
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$59,790$47,840$62,440
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$59,670$47,170$62,080
Naples-Marco Island, FL$59,520$41,760$72,380
Bismarck, ND$59,480$42,800$83,770
Portland-South Portland, ME$59,440$48,290$64,590
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$59,270$41,890$77,200
Napa, CA$58,690$39,890$74,320
Duluth, MN-WI$58,620$44,240$63,280
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$58,560$48,740$71,420
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$58,550$38,580$64,090
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$58,380$46,440$74,860
Massachusetts$57,960$47,870$71,300
Oregon$57,720$48,160$71,090
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$57,590$44,980$75,280
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$57,340$43,990$75,500
Bend, OR$57,280$48,650$70,020
Washington$57,040$45,640$66,270
Grants Pass, OR$56,920$49,290$70,090
District of Columbia$56,500$43,760$70,130
Salem, OR$56,470$48,170$68,680
Anchorage, AK$56,180$39,090$64,020
Manchester-Nashua, NH$56,110$45,690$60,980
Alaska$55,950$38,650$67,250
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$55,660$37,740$61,360
Reno, NV$55,470$38,000$59,520
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$55,410$38,790$63,440
Eugene-Springfield, OR$55,350$48,740$58,800
Barnstable Town, MA$55,290$47,880$64,630
Albany, OR$54,810$48,130$60,060
Grand Forks, ND-MN$54,640$37,870$63,180
Medford, OR$54,480$47,920$59,210
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$54,100$37,240$59,810
El Centro, CA$54,010$38,530$81,100
Bellingham, WA$53,580$43,720$59,510
Corvallis, OR$52,210$47,750$58,780
Salinas, CA$51,940$38,660$75,270
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$51,540$45,560$61,160
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$51,520$38,490$74,920
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$51,510$35,690$72,370
Greensboro-High Point, NC$51,500$39,420$58,040
Maine$51,340$40,830$63,190
North Dakota$51,310$38,260$71,630
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$51,030$35,600$61,740
Vermont$51,020$45,400$62,440
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$50,920$47,370$60,740
Connecticut$50,820$37,290$60,160
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$50,710$46,210$60,960
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$50,610$37,820$60,980
Battle Creek, MI$50,500$37,700$64,080
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$50,450$40,720$73,010
Wilmington, NC$50,440$38,130$58,690
Ann Arbor, MI$50,340$37,220$57,780
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$50,280$46,680$68,220
New Hampshire$50,260$45,350$61,260
Raleigh-Cary, NC$50,240$36,640$63,040
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$50,210$45,720$61,700
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$50,200$38,650$63,510
New Haven, CT$50,170$36,860$58,630
Worcester, MA$50,140$45,700$62,830
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$50,110$43,760$62,690
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$50,050$43,230$62,420
Asheville, NC$49,870$36,030$58,100
Minot, ND$49,600$38,160$74,870
Fargo, ND-MN$49,590$37,990$62,570
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$49,570$43,980$71,770
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$49,530$41,600$60,480
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$49,310$40,830$61,410
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$49,280$46,550$59,090
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$49,260$36,730$60,570
Springfield, MA$49,200$45,480$60,740
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$49,190$36,090$58,180
Fairbanks-College, AK$49,170$37,860$62,850
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$49,160$37,700$59,520
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$49,140$38,040$59,890
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$49,090$37,320$84,340
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$49,030$39,080$56,960
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$49,010$37,950$73,310
Arizona$49,000$39,010$60,480
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$49,000$43,820$63,070
Kokomo, IN$48,990$36,930$59,740
Pittsfield, MA$48,980$43,230$61,560
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$48,970$39,090$62,760
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$48,960$36,660$61,450
California$48,910$38,770$72,060
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$48,910$37,300$78,290
Iowa City, IA$48,890$45,570$61,770
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$48,840$40,770$58,620
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$48,800$36,310$75,510
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$48,780$36,960$60,570
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$48,760$39,350$60,520
North Carolina$48,710$37,330$59,300
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$48,710$36,920$60,100
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$48,680$37,320$63,710
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$48,680$47,310$59,580
Modesto, CA$48,650$37,340$65,150
Yuba City, CA$48,610$38,120$60,570
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$48,480$36,490$62,880
Madison, WI$48,470$42,370$60,600
Boulder, CO$48,400$43,340$73,410
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$48,370$39,790$60,920
Bangor, ME$48,340$41,980$60,920
Pennsylvania$48,290$36,670$61,580
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$48,280$36,000$58,000
Maryland$48,280$34,910$59,810
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$48,270$37,670$61,350
Carson City, NV$48,270$37,020$60,930
Omaha, NE-IA$48,220$38,870$60,360
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$48,220$37,870$60,850
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$48,220$37,450$58,300
Kennewick-Richland, WA$48,190$44,110$60,150
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$48,190$41,430$57,280
Bozeman, MT$48,170$38,120$60,590
Columbus, OH$48,160$36,750$79,370
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$48,120$38,350$64,230
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$48,110$39,630$59,890
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$48,100$38,160$59,280
Cedar Rapids, IA$48,090$40,060$59,030
Chico, CA$48,090$36,440$62,090
New Jersey$48,070$37,040$62,190
Fond du Lac, WI$48,070$39,290$58,430
Rhode Island$48,060$38,500$75,940
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$48,060$37,880$58,570
Appleton, WI$48,050$42,030$59,110
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$48,010$37,400$56,880
Stockton-Lodi, CA$48,000$39,520$68,580
Wisconsin$48,000$39,930$58,910
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$48,000$37,450$52,220
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$47,980$36,230$60,520
Indiana$47,980$36,440$60,760
Walla Walla, WA$47,960$39,790$57,900
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$47,940$33,200$57,620
Visalia, CA$47,930$37,540$58,250
Pittsburgh, PA$47,920$36,300$76,860
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$47,900$38,600$62,030
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$47,880$45,820$59,710
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$47,860$34,190$60,020
Salisbury, MD$47,840$34,350$56,990
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$47,840$37,750$58,800
Iowa$47,820$38,640$59,010
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$47,810$36,970$62,400
Kansas City, MO-KS$47,780$35,740$58,440
Colorado$47,770$36,750$63,230
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$47,740$40,040$58,240
Kingston, NY$47,720$37,400$58,830
Wausau, WI$47,710$39,200$59,000
Green Bay, WI$47,700$39,520$57,000
South Dakota$47,680$37,790$60,760
Bloomington, IN$47,650$36,770$59,320
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$47,650$38,930$57,540
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$47,630$40,230$60,110
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$47,570$30,430$59,490
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$47,550$37,720$59,390
Ames, IA$47,530$38,830$58,320
Johnson City, TN$47,530$35,660$58,150
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$47,500$37,920$56,910
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$47,500$38,930$60,050
Jacksonville, FL$47,480$25,120$57,460
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$47,480$37,630$61,240
Lexington Park, MD$47,440$35,430$58,670
Winston-Salem, NC$47,440$36,660$57,720
Illinois$47,430$33,510$58,620
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$47,430$43,620$65,760
Merced, CA$47,420$36,390$60,370
Dubuque, IA$47,410$40,010$57,370
Colorado Springs, CO$47,390$36,710$59,130
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$47,370$36,260$58,050
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$47,360$36,730$58,910
Vineland, NJ$47,340$36,780$61,680
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$47,340$37,650$59,210
Muncie, IN$47,340$36,380$60,660
Ohio$47,330$36,420$74,880
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$47,330$37,700$77,030
Kenosha, WI$47,330$39,930$59,670
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$47,310$35,070$55,470
St. Louis, MO-IL$47,220$36,760$58,440
Lincoln, NE$47,170$38,640$56,170
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$47,150$37,050$58,170
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$47,150$35,230$50,270
Casper, WY$47,130$28,680$56,540
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$47,130$36,760$61,170
Glens Falls, NY$47,110$37,720$57,200
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$47,090$38,790$58,950
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$47,080$36,410$59,670
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$47,070$37,410$58,460
Florida$47,060$37,430$57,950
Michigan$47,030$36,290$56,750
New York$47,020$37,180$61,170
Lexington-Fayette, KY$47,020$29,500$59,930
Rapid City, SD$47,010$38,010$62,460
Fort Wayne, IN$47,010$37,040$59,520
Nevada$46,970$35,800$59,410
Janesville-Beloit, WI$46,950$39,040$58,640
Evansville, IN$46,940$35,170$58,190
Longview-Kelso, WA$46,940$38,970$59,890
Akron, OH$46,920$36,670$70,090
Virginia$46,910$37,670$59,920
Redding, CA$46,880$36,480$60,100
Cleveland, OH$46,880$36,740$72,370
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$46,860$41,190$61,280
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$46,850$39,280$58,620
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$46,830$37,220$56,460
Syracuse, NY$46,810$38,020$57,530
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$46,800$38,320$56,570
Greenville, NC$46,790$36,650$55,820
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$46,790$36,640$59,110
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$46,760$37,650$56,740
Richmond, VA$46,740$37,970$59,690
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$46,740$35,170$58,600
Eau Claire, WI$46,730$39,000$58,670
Fresno, CA$46,730$38,190$62,550
Ithaca, NY$46,730$35,890$58,700
Jackson, MS$46,700$27,040$60,640
Lancaster, PA$46,700$36,570$59,030
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$46,700$38,230$57,270
Tucson, AZ$46,670$36,810$59,390
Nebraska$46,660$38,430$57,820
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$46,640$44,420$62,710
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$46,620$35,930$57,740
Jackson, MI$46,610$32,930$55,270
Midland, MI$46,600$36,200$57,020
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$46,580$38,290$57,020
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$46,580$36,150$59,340
Tulsa, OK$46,570$35,470$49,200
Punta Gorda, FL$46,560$36,710$57,390
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$46,530$37,250$59,110
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$46,530$40,520$58,740
Rochester, NY$46,520$37,960$57,650
Kentucky$46,520$29,500$59,300
Jackson, TN$46,520$34,200$57,220
Flagstaff, AZ$46,490$37,290$58,250
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$46,460$39,030$56,420
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$46,420$37,460$61,570
Sheboygan, WI$46,400$39,590$64,220
Burlington, NC$46,390$37,180$55,020
Greeley, CO$46,380$37,740$57,340
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$46,360$38,460$57,960
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$46,350$37,870$57,600
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$46,330$37,070$57,160
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$46,320$33,140$59,840
Billings, MT$46,310$36,680$59,590
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$46,300$37,500$62,140
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$46,290$37,980$60,180
Missoula, MT$46,280$38,610$57,630
Kankakee, IL$46,270$34,290$61,270
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$46,260$39,780$61,430
State College, PA$46,260$35,490$57,780
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$46,250$37,080$57,730
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$46,240$38,150$55,100
Topeka, KS$46,230$36,520$56,970
York-Hanover, PA$46,170$36,830$59,450
Oklahoma City, OK$46,160$33,330$55,710
Clarksville, TN-KY$46,160$35,960$57,350
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$46,150$35,480$56,440
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$46,150$36,910$62,060
Spartanburg, SC$46,130$36,490$57,090
Knoxville, TN$46,100$37,010$56,490
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$46,100$37,700$60,320
Delaware$46,090$35,530$58,560
Tennessee$46,090$36,780$59,210
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$46,080$37,330$54,760
Toledo, OH$46,080$35,980$73,840
Flint, MI$46,070$36,600$58,140
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$46,060$37,300$59,150
Utica-Rome, NY$46,050$37,080$56,230
Paducah, KY-IL$46,040$29,920$58,350
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$46,030$37,520$57,270
Bay City, MI$46,020$33,580$55,780
Columbus, IN$46,010$35,430$56,740
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$46,010$36,520$58,200
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$46,000$38,890$60,110
Jacksonville, NC$45,980$36,950$50,820
Lewiston, ID-WA$45,980$36,420$61,490
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$45,960$28,080$49,070
South Carolina$45,930$36,920$58,570
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$45,930$38,400$58,080
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$45,920$36,610$58,930
Gainesville, FL$45,860$35,870$55,900
Yakima, WA$45,860$36,460$58,380
Williamsport, PA$45,850$33,880$58,440
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$45,850$35,370$56,500
Montana$45,820$36,680$57,130
Fayetteville, NC$45,770$36,900$56,320
Lebanon, PA$45,760$37,200$58,470
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$45,750$36,760$59,680
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$45,720$36,390$57,050
Sandusky, OH$45,680$35,430$71,120
Elmira, NY$45,680$37,680$57,170
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$45,650$37,530$50,850
Goldsboro, NC$45,640$36,950$57,780
Traverse City, MI$45,620$35,920$56,760
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$45,620$37,540$57,460
Columbia, SC$45,610$37,140$57,980
Monroe, MI$45,610$32,350$58,200
Georgia$45,600$36,270$58,750
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$45,580$38,450$58,950
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$45,570$34,790$55,820
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$45,550$37,460$47,520
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$45,520$36,270$55,190
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$45,520$38,510$57,950
Charlottesville, VA$45,450$36,840$58,150
Gettysburg, PA$45,440$35,330$58,930
Grand Island, NE$45,440$38,720$56,450
Niles, MI$45,430$35,180$56,770
Chattanooga, TN-GA$45,390$36,550$57,030
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$45,380$33,410$58,640
Lima, OH$45,320$34,760$74,270
Helena, MT$45,300$37,400$55,870
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$45,300$35,480$55,950
Champaign-Urbana, IL$45,290$35,260$58,750
Santa Fe, NM$45,260$36,740$56,460
Terre Haute, IN$45,260$34,080$56,480
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$45,240$37,440$56,450
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$45,240$38,280$59,700
Missouri$45,220$35,210$57,770
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$45,210$35,740$64,650
Grand Junction, CO$45,190$35,030$55,890
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$45,190$35,600$49,570
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$45,120$37,170$52,220
Chambersburg, PA$45,090$35,910$60,320
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$45,040$35,310$61,780
Pueblo, CO$45,030$35,680$56,930
Bloomington, IL$45,010$34,680$57,500
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$45,010$36,410$49,970
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$45,000$31,970$63,810
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$44,950$37,280$51,160
Lynchburg, VA$44,900$36,990$56,610
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$44,900$35,310$72,800
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$44,880$37,090$55,410
Hawaii$44,870$31,990$50,140
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$44,870$37,560$57,390
Lawrence, KS$44,860$35,700$56,440
Columbia, MO$44,850$35,480$57,210
Elizabethtown, KY$44,850$30,210$59,100
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$44,820$34,850$57,960
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$44,810$34,140$57,550
Winchester, VA-WV$44,810$36,860$57,900
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$44,790$33,460$61,380
Springfield, IL$44,770$36,320$58,290
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$44,770$34,160$64,560
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$44,760$36,730$64,980
Springfield, OH$44,740$35,160$80,700
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$44,740$34,550$56,480
Reading, PA$44,730$37,750$61,500
Ocala, FL$44,720$35,300$54,460
Rockford, IL$44,670$35,050$55,750
Altoona, PA$44,670$34,370$56,650
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$44,670$33,140$60,070
Cheyenne, WY$44,660$29,550$54,590
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$44,640$33,380$55,700
Port St. Lucie, FL$44,630$31,200$56,620
Saginaw, MI$44,630$36,600$59,110
Dover, DE$44,620$34,670$53,650
Harrisonburg, VA$44,560$35,530$57,710
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$44,510$37,560$57,140
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$44,500$36,200$48,180
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$44,500$36,230$50,760
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$44,480$36,270$57,760
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$44,470$36,230$54,720
Oklahoma$44,450$32,520$51,540
Gainesville, GA$44,440$36,060$54,310
Roanoke, VA$44,410$36,700$55,370
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$44,390$32,040$47,450
Rome, GA$44,380$36,030$47,880
Boise City, ID$44,360$38,270$58,870
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$44,340$36,060$57,650
Decatur, IL$44,320$36,010$57,880
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$44,320$34,260$57,390
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$44,290$29,410$59,870
Canton-Massillon, OH$44,270$34,690$68,550
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$44,250$36,410$57,680
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$44,120$37,210$56,610
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$44,110$33,470$57,840
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$44,090$30,200$53,030
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$44,090$35,120$49,960
Lawton, OK$44,070$30,460$57,350
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$44,050$29,530$54,140
Owensboro, KY$44,020$29,520$57,310
Homosassa Springs, FL$44,020$33,920$53,830
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$44,000$39,090$59,450
Coeur d'Alene, ID$44,000$34,310$60,630
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$43,990$32,930$58,080
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$43,840$40,290$56,760
Yuma, AZ$43,830$35,190$51,030
Springfield, MO$43,750$34,260$47,040
Peoria, IL$43,720$35,650$56,020
St. Joseph, MO-KS$43,710$36,820$50,920
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$43,680$35,680$58,900
Great Falls, MT$43,620$35,640$53,200
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$43,560$31,600$55,030
Savannah, GA$43,490$36,640$54,960
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$43,490$31,340$69,370
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$43,460$29,370$58,360
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$43,320$36,730$46,180
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$43,230$31,510$54,390
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$43,140$35,600$51,910
Joplin, MO-KS$43,120$35,120$55,080
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$43,050$38,120$55,930
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$43,030$36,450$55,810
Cleveland, TN$42,830$32,430$57,200
Wyoming$42,770$33,080$58,960
Youngstown-Warren, OH$42,740$36,140$54,450
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$42,710$36,030$50,800
Mansfield, OH$42,640$34,140$62,400
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$42,520$36,290$57,830
Binghamton, NY$42,450$36,420$51,390
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$42,430$30,150$51,730
Texas$42,270$29,970$55,400
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$42,250$34,960$50,530
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$42,240$33,080$59,360
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$42,100$36,670$56,370
Tallahassee, FL$42,090$28,920$49,920
Morristown, TN$41,360$33,950$51,770
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$41,260$34,960$56,660
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$40,970$36,640$57,760
Sumter, SC$40,890$36,240$50,200
Manhattan, KS$40,890$34,970$55,230
Urban Honolulu, HI$40,630$30,570$50,060
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$40,450$35,660$50,290
Rocky Mount, NC$40,260$30,640$53,710
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$40,210$36,240$45,570
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$40,180$33,680$48,070
Wichita, KS$40,140$34,980$55,010
Albuquerque, NM$40,010$34,720$54,290
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$39,990$33,380$57,040
Kansas$39,840$34,480$55,170
Hinesville, GA$39,560$36,510$55,500
Idaho$39,460$33,630$58,520
Johnstown, PA$39,420$35,230$55,700
Valdosta, GA$39,390$35,170$47,690
Florence, SC$39,330$30,940$50,080
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$39,240$37,950$49,560
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$39,230$33,720$51,460
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$39,150$28,720$50,200
Midland, TX$39,110$34,230$57,020
Odessa, TX$39,050$30,080$58,040
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$39,030$32,450$47,790
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$39,030$32,130$54,080
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$38,960$28,780$46,570
New Mexico$38,840$34,620$54,290
Lake Charles, LA$38,750$26,830$47,790
Erie, PA$38,720$34,750$58,620
Hammond, LA$38,710$29,000$74,980
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$38,690$31,030$54,510
Warner Robins, GA$38,640$34,740$49,400
Huntsville, AL$38,560$30,010$56,050
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$38,540$31,440$48,130
Farmington, NM$38,500$34,390$53,470
Birmingham, AL$38,410$29,940$57,500
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$38,370$36,370$48,140
Tyler, TX$38,310$31,140$56,550
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$38,290$30,980$48,170
Ogden, UT$38,230$31,060$45,760
Athens-Clarke County, GA$38,170$35,120$48,650
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$38,160$30,370$57,350
Killeen-Temple, TX$38,160$30,550$51,420
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$38,150$29,530$72,160
Louisiana$38,150$28,580$55,800
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$38,140$33,940$48,770
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$38,070$31,550$47,340
Dalton, GA$38,040$36,200$46,710
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$37,940$28,540$62,280
Columbus, GA-AL$37,890$29,060$54,350
Decatur, AL$37,850$29,190$55,290
Morgantown, WV$37,830$31,810$51,950
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$37,810$29,760$50,840
Charleston, WV$37,810$31,220$47,250
Lafayette, LA$37,810$29,520$77,220
Twin Falls, ID$37,800$30,020$49,760
Arkansas$37,680$32,930$47,230
Jefferson City, MO$37,670$33,810$50,310
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$37,650$21,840$48,870
Sherman-Denison, TX$37,570$30,170$47,590
Idaho Falls, ID$37,560$30,620$46,880
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$37,560$30,810$52,010
Baton Rouge, LA$37,470$28,120$55,800
Beckley, WV$37,460$30,910$49,480
Wheeling, WV-OH$37,340$34,750$58,650
West Virginia$37,330$30,660$49,480
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$37,330$36,100$53,690
Utah$37,320$35,360$46,710
El Paso, TX$37,320$28,880$46,160
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$37,320$28,450$52,480
Pocatello, ID$37,300$29,810$56,080
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$37,300$30,930$60,800
Alabama$37,280$28,710$55,250
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$37,280$28,310$49,590
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$37,280$31,750$51,160
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$37,270$28,740$59,040
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$37,240$35,780$46,380
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$37,240$28,780$51,400
Corpus Christi, TX$37,230$29,610$49,520
Victoria, TX$37,170$29,050$61,520
Mississippi$37,130$28,170$55,480
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$37,130$28,360$44,420
Albany, GA$37,120$35,380$54,290
Enid, OK$37,000$29,870$46,880
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$37,000$29,990$44,430
College Station-Bryan, TX$36,910$30,500$47,970
Las Cruces, NM$36,900$33,280$47,020
Amarillo, TX$36,850$30,400$48,170
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$36,840$30,240$46,010
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$36,770$28,650$47,710
Abilene, TX$36,750$27,280$48,390
Macon-Bibb County, GA$36,720$35,100$48,030
Tuscaloosa, AL$36,710$28,640$46,830
Waco, TX$36,710$29,660$48,450
St. George, UT$36,580$29,810$46,040
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$36,580$29,660$56,010
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$36,570$30,160$49,980
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$36,530$30,920$71,470
Wichita Falls, TX$36,470$28,820$46,800
Logan, UT-ID$36,440$29,680$44,520
Lubbock, TX$36,420$29,440$47,980
Hattiesburg, MS$36,410$25,130$48,310
Alexandria, LA$36,400$28,090$75,780
Virgin Islands$36,350$28,170$48,240
Montgomery, AL$36,330$28,530$51,470
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$36,320$27,340$47,660
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$36,320$31,160$57,480
Mobile, AL$36,280$28,510$48,070
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$36,260$30,110$48,610
Hot Springs, AR$36,250$30,630$44,720
Texarkana, TX-AR$36,230$28,780$47,140
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$36,190$27,180$49,720
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$36,180$27,970$46,260
Longview, TX$36,150$28,680$46,700
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$36,090$30,100$47,740
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$36,070$29,830$64,320
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$36,070$30,250$46,000
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$36,030$30,740$48,120
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$36,030$28,940$43,980
Auburn-Opelika, AL$35,960$27,610$48,350
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$35,930$30,050$64,320
Dothan, AL$35,900$27,370$47,620
Jonesboro, AR$35,860$31,200$45,720
San Angelo, TX$35,820$28,790$44,990
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$35,820$23,890$56,160
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$35,760$30,820$44,120
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$35,730$28,660$45,740
Monroe, LA$35,730$27,990$53,920
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$35,720$31,490$51,190
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$35,670$27,700$44,510
Guam$35,640$24,310$45,170
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$35,640$30,370$45,010
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$35,570$29,320$45,190
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$35,540$29,570$46,940
Fort Smith, AR-OK$35,360$31,180$44,710
Laredo, TX$35,330$28,350$45,640
Anniston-Oxford, AL$35,190$26,870$46,590
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$35,160$27,740$44,260
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$35,150$28,960$46,820
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$35,070$28,170$47,820
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$35,030$28,710$46,270
Gadsden, AL$34,600$26,520$48,240
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$33,510$28,570$43,580
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$30,430$29,370$46,020
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$26,270$20,760$27,590
Puerto Rico$23,690$20,760$27,750
Guayama, PR$22,720$19,760$27,330
Ponce, PR$22,620$21,650$28,060
Arecibo, PR$22,480$21,410$27,050
Mayaguez, PR$21,990$21,570$26,170
Aguadilla, PR$21,910$20,260$27,240
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area$21,840$21,720$30,400

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Dental Assistants make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Dental Assistants is $47,300, with a typical range of $36,190 – $61,780 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Dental Assistants?β–Ύ

Entry-level Dental Assistants positions typically start around $36,190 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Dental Assistantss earn the most?β–Ύ

Dental Assistantss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.