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Dental assistants

Dental assistants
Dental assistants -- jobs in the United States

Table showing the approximate number of people employed as Dental assistants and their average hourly wage and annual salary for selected cities and municipalities in the United States. All figures are from the U.S. Department of Labor.

CityNo. EmployedAvg Hourly WageAvg Annual Salary
Abilene, TX120$10.82$22,500
Aguadilla, PR50$6.96$14,470
Akron, OH410$13.99$29,090
Albany, GA130$11.10$23,100
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY330$17.52$36,440
Albuquerque, NM690$9.75$20,280
Alexandria, LA90$8.61$17,920
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA630$13.00$27,040
Altoona, PA150$12.15$25,270
Amarillo, TX200$10.98$22,840
Anchorage, AK390$13.69$28,480
Ann Arbor, MI PMSA520$14.36$29,870
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI370$12.93$26,890
Arecibo, PR70$7.93$16,500
Asheville, NC310$13.88$28,880
Athens, GA140$12.33$25,640
Atlanta, GA2,780$15.05$31,310
Atlantic-Cape May, NJ370$13.62$28,330
Auburn-Opelika, AL40$10.56$21,960
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC520$11.79$24,530
Austin-San Marcos, TX**$15.61$32,460
Bakersfield, CA580$10.29$21,410
Baltimore, MD PMSA**$13.53$28,130
Bangor, ME110$12.74$26,490
Barnstable-Yarmouth, MA150$18.75$39,000
Baton Rouge, LA**$10.32$21,460
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX330$9.79$20,370
Bellingham, WA230$14.64$30,450
Benton Harbor, MI150$13.33$27,720
Bergen-Passaic, NJ1,700$14.81$30,800
Billings, MT160$12.24$25,450
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS240$9.26$19,250
Binghamton, NY160$11.58$24,080
Birmingham, AL780$11.79$24,520
Bismarck, ND100$15.45$32,140
Bloomington, IN160$12.61$26,240
Bloomington-Normal, IL130$14.40$29,940
Boise City, ID450$14.28$29,710
Boston, MA-NH PMSA3,150$16.32$33,940
Boulder-Longmont, CO PMSA450$20.24$42,100
Brazoria, TX110$13.09$27,230
Bremerton, WA370$15.71$32,690
Bridgeport, CT PMSA380$17.56$36,520
Brockton, MA PMSA210$17.25$35,880
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX120$11.81$24,570
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY930$12.56$26,120
Burlington, VT180$15.07$31,350
Caguas, PR220$6.36$13,220
Canton-Massillon, OH300$10.81$22,480
Casper, WY70$10.96$22,800
Cedar Rapids, IA210$14.53$30,220
Champaign-Urbana, IL120$16.27$33,850
Charleston, WV**$8.17$16,990
Charleston-North Charleston, SC540$14.07$29,260
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC**$16.81$34,960
Charlottesville, VA130$12.24$25,460
Chattanooga, TN-GA370$13.52$28,130
Cheyenne, WY70$10.70$22,260
Chicago, IL PMSA10,910$11.84$24,640
Chico-Paradise, CA260$12.11$25,190
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN1,840$14.86$30,910
Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY170$12.76$26,540
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH2,290$14.52$30,190
Colorado Springs, CO740$15.89$33,060
Columbia, MO190$12.37$25,730
Columbia, SC750$12.47$25,940
Columbus, GA-AL190$13.45$27,970
Columbus, OH1,330$14.49$30,130
Corpus Christi, TX340$8.34$17,340
Cumberland, MD-WV80$13.99$29,100
Dallas, TX3,970$14.72$30,630
Danbury, CT PMSA250$13.25$27,570
Danville, VA100$12.31$25,610
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL260$12.80$26,620
Daytona Beach, FL550$11.88$24,710
Dayton-Springfield, OH860$12.31$25,600
Decatur, AL130$14.42$30,000
Decatur, IL100$10.76$22,390
Denver, CO PMSA2,300$18.87$39,250
Des Moines, IA260$13.94$29,000
Detroit, MI PMSA4,760$14.85$30,890
Dothan, AL160$11.48$23,880
Dover, DE90$12.89$26,800
Dubuque, IA150$12.26$25,500
Duluth-Superior, MN-WI250$12.74$26,490
Dutchess County, NY280$12.08$25,140
Eau Claire, WI210$11.37$23,640
El Paso, TX410$11.54$24,000
Elkhart-Goshen, IN140$13.48$28,050
Elmira, NY50$13.23$27,530
Erie, PA340$9.33$19,410
Eugene-Springfield, OR380$15.53$32,300
Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY280$11.63$24,200
Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN170$13.55$28,170
Fayetteville, NC340$12.33$25,650
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR470$9.65$20,070
Fitchburg-Leominster, MA PMSA80$16.64$34,610
Flagstaff, AZ-UT120$13.17$27,380
Flint, MI PMSA**$13.53$28,140
Florence, AL90$10.33$21,500
Florence, SC100$12.05$25,070
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO**$16.84$35,020
Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSA**$11.34$23,590
Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL270$14.71$30,600
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL220$13.38$27,830
Fort Smith, AR-OK180$12.57$26,140
Fort Walton Beach, FL130$11.43$23,780
Fort Wayne, IN400$14.14$29,410
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,660$15.50$32,240
Fresno, CA870$14.09$29,320
Gadsden, AL70$9.70$20,170
Gainesville, FL320$14.21$29,560
Galveston-Texas City, TX230$12.44$25,870
Gary, IN PMSA460$12.26$25,500
Glens Falls, NY100$13.94$29,000
Goldsboro, NC100$11.10$23,090
Grand Forks, ND-MN100$13.13$27,320
Grand Junction, CO190$12.91$26,850
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI1,410$12.69$26,390
Great Falls, MT100$10.14$21,090
Green Bay, WI310$13.00$27,050
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC1,090$13.93$28,980
Greenville, NC150$12.98$27,000
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC1,050$12.31$25,600
Hagerstown, MD PMSA100$11.77$24,480
Hamilton-Middletown, OH210$13.48$28,050
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA520$12.99$27,020
Hartford, CT1,250$17.14$35,650
Hattiesburg, MS90$11.84$24,620
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC290$13.09$27,220
Honolulu, HI940$14.22$29,580
Houston, TX4,290$12.69$26,400
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH210$10.12$21,050
Huntsville, AL180$13.87$28,850
Indianapolis, IN1,040$13.86$28,830
Iowa City, IA180$17.78$36,980
Jackson, MI230$13.06$27,160
Jackson, MS500$15.32$31,870
Jackson, TN100$11.59$24,110
Jacksonville, FL1,320$12.40$25,790
Jacksonville, NC120$14.10$29,330
Jamestown, NY170$13.79$28,680
Janesville-Beloit, WI110$12.99$27,020
Jersey City, NJ420$13.42$27,910
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA500$12.20$25,380
Johnstown, PA80$12.08$25,130
Jonesboro, AR**$11.00$22,880
Joplin, MO130$10.40$21,630
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI270$11.79$24,530
Kankakee, IL PMSA100$8.50$17,670
Kansas City, MO-KS1,950$13.57$28,230
Kenosha, WI230$13.24$27,540
Killeen-Temple, TX280$11.88$24,710
Knoxville, TN590$12.19$25,360
Kokomo, IN100$12.08$25,140
La Crosse, WI-MN180$12.23$25,440
Lafayette, IN170$12.78$26,570
Lafayette, LA**$12.78$26,570
Lake Charles, LA160$10.62$22,100
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL200$12.96$26,950
Lancaster, PA420$13.59$28,260
Lansing-East Lansing, MI320$15.15$31,510
Laredo, TX120$10.20$21,210
Las Cruces, NM160$11.15$23,190
Las Vegas, NV-AZ1,280$16.92$35,200
Lawrence, KS140$13.23$27,530
Lawrence, MA-NH PMSA340$15.99$33,260
Lawton, OK170$11.18$23,250
Lewiston-Auburn, ME70$14.32$29,780
Lexington, KY390$10.87$22,600
Lima, OH140$10.65$22,160
Lincoln, NE360$11.30$23,510
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR**$9.84$20,460
Longview-Marshall, TX220$9.45$19,660
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA8,730$17.40$36,200
Louisville, KY-IN1,380$14.99$31,170
Lowell, MA-NH PMSA320$14.73$30,640
Lubbock, TX90$12.95$26,930
Lynchburg, VA80$11.25$23,390
Macon, GA310$13.58$28,250
Madison, WI460$14.34$29,830
Manchester, NH140$16.84$35,020
Mansfield, OH140$12.23$25,450
Mayaguez, PR240$6.50$13,510
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX330$8.74$18,190
Medford-Ashland, OR230$16.25$33,800
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL530$14.24$29,610
Memphis, TN-AR-MS850$14.14$29,410
Merced, CA150$14.01$29,130
Miami, FL PMSA1,810$11.96$24,870
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ1,750$16.73$34,800
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI1,580$12.21$25,400
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI2,820$17.66$36,730
Missoula, MT150$11.39$23,690
Mobile, AL**$9.43$19,600
Modesto, CA620$13.90$28,910
Monmouth-Ocean, NJ1,310$13.23$27,530
Monroe, LA300$6.99$14,530
Montgomery, AL340$9.81$20,400
Muncie, IN140$11.79$24,520
Myrtle Beach, SC**$12.85$26,720
Naples, FL**$17.30$35,980
Nashua, NH300$13.00$27,030
Nashville, TN**$15.30$31,810
Nassau-Suffolk, NY4,290$13.48$28,030
New Bedford, MA PMSA190$14.99$31,180
New Haven-Meriden, CT PMSA640$18.20$37,850
New London-Norwich, CT-RI**$14.92$31,030
New Orleans, LA1,220$9.98$20,760
New York, NY8,730$14.12$29,360
Newark, NJ3,320$13.34$27,760
Newburgh, NY-PA**$15.65$32,560
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC1,890$11.88$24,700
Oakland, CA PMSA4,080$17.79$37,010
Ocala, FL170$11.86$24,660
Odessa-Midland, TX70$11.90$24,750
Oklahoma City, OK540$12.30$25,580
Olympia, WA420$17.71$36,840
Omaha, NE-IA890$13.17$27,400
Orange County, CA PMSA6,190$12.45$25,890
Orlando, FL**$15.25$31,710
Panama City, FL90$10.46$21,760
Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH80$10.23$21,280
Pensacola, FL520$12.07$25,100
Peoria-Pekin, IL330$14.10$29,320
Philadelphia, PA-NJ3,850$13.26$27,570
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ3,660$15.93$33,140
Pine Bluff, AR30$8.25$17,150
Pittsburgh, PA**$12.95$26,930
Pittsfield, MA50$11.21$23,310
Pocatello, ID140$10.71$22,270
Portland, ME310$12.92$26,870
Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA2,380$16.04$33,370
Portsmouth-Rochester, NH-ME300$16.24$33,780
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA1,050$16.01$33,290
Provo-Orem, UT580$10.87$22,610
Pueblo, CO130$11.16$23,200
Punta Gorda, FL90$14.71$30,590
Racine, WI170$12.82$26,670
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC1,220$14.14$29,410
Rapid City, SD170$12.11$25,200
Reading, PA250$11.10$23,100
Redding, CA250$11.79$24,530
Reno, NV490$16.39$34,100
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA230$15.03$31,260
Richmond-Petersburg, VA950$13.29$27,640
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA PMSA3,660$15.76$32,790
Roanoke, VA330$11.42$23,760
Rochester, MN150$15.67$32,600
Rochester, NY1,220$15.03$31,270
Rockford, IL**$12.59$26,190
Rocky Mount, NC110$14.74$30,660
Sacramento, CA PMSA2,530$13.75$28,600
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI440$13.91$28,920
Salem, OR260$14.66$30,500
Salinas, CA660$15.65$32,560
Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT2,760$10.91$22,700
San Angelo, TX70$8.76$18,220
San Antonio, TX790$11.76$24,470
San Diego, CA4,230$15.04$31,290
San Francisco, CA PMSA2,810$13.17$27,390
San Jose, CA PMSA2,300$15.87$33,010
San Juan-Bayamon, PR1,190$6.44$13,390
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA450$15.01$31,210
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA660$17.69$36,790
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA PMSA280$18.06$37,560
Santa Fe, NM90$14.49$30,140
Santa Rosa, CA PMSA470$20.74$43,130
Sarasota-Bradenton, FL700$12.79$26,600
Savannah, GA160$13.02$27,080
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA510$10.22$21,260
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA3,640$17.58$36,570
Sharon, PA80$11.38$23,660
Sheboygan, WI**$11.98$24,910
Sherman-Denison, TX120$11.85$24,640
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA340$8.92$18,550
Sioux City, IA-NE120$13.33$27,730
Sioux Falls, SD210$13.00$27,040
South Bend, IN300$13.12$27,290
Spokane, WA1,020$16.11$33,510
Springfield, IL170$13.28$27,630
Springfield, MA620$14.42$29,990
Springfield, MO460$11.36$23,630
St. Cloud, MN140$15.81$32,880
St. Joseph, MO120$11.78$24,500
St. Louis, MO-IL2,460$12.97$26,980
Stamford-Norwalk, CT PMSA**$16.92$35,200
State College, PA120$11.55$24,030
Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV120$9.43$19,610
Stockton-Lodi, CA580$10.79$22,440
Sumter, SC60$14.29$29,720
Syracuse, NY590$11.41$23,720
Tacoma, WA1,100$14.46$30,070
Tallahassee, FL**$14.90$30,990
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL2,200$12.32$25,630
Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR70$8.23$17,120
Toledo, OH540$14.06$29,250
Topeka, KS230$10.30$21,410
Trenton, NJ430$14.06$29,250
Tucson, AZ670$12.22$25,420
Tulsa, OK660$11.04$22,960
Tuscaloosa, AL**$10.32$21,460
Tyler, TX190$13.73$28,550
Utica-Rome, NY300$12.04$25,040
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA PMSA760$15.62$32,500
Ventura, CA PMSA730$14.69$30,550
Victoria, TX80$11.84$24,620
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ150$13.72$28,540
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA330$11.74$24,420
Waco, TX100$14.79$30,760
Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA4,760$16.73$34,790
Waterbury, CT PMSA150$14.39$29,940
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA**$11.84$24,630
Wausau, WI140$12.40$25,790
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL1,760$13.39$27,840
Wheeling, WV-OH100$10.21$21,240
Wichita, KS430$13.07$27,180
Wichita Falls, TX90$11.02$22,930
Williamsport, PA70$12.54$26,090
Wilmington, NC400$13.85$28,800
Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD PMSA810$12.09$25,150
Worcester, MA-CT PMSA**$15.60$32,450
Yakima, WA210$12.88$26,790
Yolo, CA PMSA260$16.67$34,670
York, PA290$11.55$24,020
Youngstown-Warren, OH420$12.60$26,200
Yuba City, CA**$13.52$28,120
Yuma, AZ100$12.87$26,770


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