Dentist Assistants: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

Dentist Assistants: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Dentist Assistants, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Dentist Assistants are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Dentist Assistants are starred .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Anniston	70	$32,080	0.8
Alabama	Auburn	80	$26,300	0.9
Alabama	Birmingham	810	$28,320	0.7
Alabama	Decatur	70	$26,310	0.7
Alabama	Dothan	120	$27,440	1
Alabama	Florence	90	$24,960	0.9
Alabama	Gadsden	60	$30,590	0.9
Alabama	Huntsville	320	$29,670	0.7
Alabama	Mobile	290	$25,780	0.7
Alabama	Montgomery	170	$25,990	0.5
Alabama	Tuscaloosa	140	$26,730	0.8
Alaska	Anchorage	480	$42,270	1.4
Alaska	Fairbanks	110	$38,810	1.8
Arizona	Flagstaff	130	$29,990	1.2
Arizona	Kingman	110	$28,470	1.1
Arizona	Phoenix	4,370	$34,540	1
Arizona	Prescott	160	$35,260	1.3
Arizona	Tucson	620	$34,810	0.8
Arizona	Yuma	90	$30,740	0.7
Arkansas	Fayetteville	470	$27,600	1.1
Arkansas	Fort Smith	280	$25,790	1.1
Arkansas	Hot Springs	130	$26,630	1.8
Arkansas	Jonesboro	100	$26,180	1
Arkansas	Little Rock	620	$28,990	0.8
Arkansas	Pine Bluff	70	$25,420	1.1
California	Bakersfield	770	$27,130	1.3
California	Chico	330	$27,640	2.3
California	El Centro	160	$30,680	1.6
California	Fresno	1,200	$32,730	1.6
California	Hanford	180	$30,970	3.3
California	Madera	130	$34,870	1.9
California	Merced	140	$32,960	1.2
California	Modesto	630	$29,020	1.8
California	Napa	210	$36,520	1.6
California	Oakland	2,930	$40,300	1.3
California	Oxnard	1,110	$35,020	1.7
California	Redding	250	$30,740	1.9
California	Riverside	4,280	$29,960	1.5
California	Sacramento	2,520	$37,880	1.3
California	Salinas	490	$37,800	1.5
California	San Diego	3,740	$33,800	1.2
California	San Francisco	2,690	$41,230	1.2
California	San Jose	3,030	$39,100	1.4
California	San Luis Obispo	350	$33,540	1.7
California	Santa Ana	5,480	$32,530	1.6
California	Santa Barbara	710	$34,150	2
California	Santa Cruz	360	$33,210	2
California	Santa Rosa	710	$46,340	1.8
California	Stockton	840	$31,850	1.8
California	Vallejo	540	$36,170	2.1
California	Visalia	490	$32,720	1.7
California	Yuba City	170	$33,230	2.3
Colorado	Boulder	380	$37,220	1.1
Colorado	Colorado Springs	990	$32,690	1.8
Colorado	Denver	2,720	$38,560	1
Colorado	Fort Collins	350	$36,880	1.4
Colorado	Grand Junction	150	$29,560	1.3
Colorado	Greeley	150	$33,580	1
Colorado	Pueblo	180	$33,150	1.7
Connecticut	Bridgeport	860	$39,300	0.9
Connecticut	Danbury	160	$36,310	1.1
Connecticut	Hartford	1,260	$39,060	1
Connecticut	New Haven	490	$42,050	0.8
Connecticut	Norwich	290	$36,890	1.1
Connecticut	Waterbury	170	$40,550	1.2
Delaware	Dover	140	$32,470	1.3
Delaware	Wilmington	630	$35,370	0.9
District of Columbia	Washington	4,680	$35,910	0.9
Florida	Cape Coral	410	$40,670	0.9
Florida	Deltona	420	$28,910	1.3
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	1,600	$33,210	1
Florida	Fort Walton Beach	200	$32,650	1.3
Florida	Gainesville	290	$36,140	1.2
Florida	Jacksonville	1,210	$33,860	0.9
Florida	Lakeland	330	$30,270	0.8
Florida	Miami	1,840	$30,230	0.8
Florida	Naples	240	$41,550	0.9
Florida	Ocala	200	$33,390	1
Florida	Orlando	1,770	$34,750	0.7
Florida	Palm Bay	540	$31,940	1.3
Florida	Panama City	110	$29,470	0.8
Florida	Pensacola	370	$30,070	1.2
Florida	Port St Lucie	180	$35,190	0.7
Florida	Punta Gorda	130	$33,660	1.7
Florida	Sarasota	650	$34,070	1.1
Florida	Sebastian	140	$33,110	1.5
Florida	Tallahassee	230	$32,150	0.7
Florida	Tampa	2,070	$35,130	0.7
Florida	West Palm Beach	1,380	$37,370	1.1
Georgia	Albany	110	$25,510	0.9
Georgia	Athens	190	$28,130	1.2
Georgia	Atlanta	4,660	$35,500	0.9
Georgia	Augusta	550	$28,680	1.2
Georgia	Brunswick	70	$32,870	0.9
Georgia	Columbus	300	$30,730	1.3
Georgia	Dalton	60	$32,590	0.4
Georgia	Gainesville	110	$31,730	0.8
Georgia	Hinesville	60	$28,740	2.7
Georgia	Macon	130	$31,540	0.6
Georgia	Rome	100	$29,250	1.4
Georgia	Savannah	390	$28,020	1.2
Georgia	Valdosta	120	$28,850	1.1
Georgia	Warner Robins	120	$30,380	1.2
Hawaii	Honolulu	1,180	$28,560	1.2
Idaho	Boise	820	$30,150	1.4
Idaho	Coeur Dalene	150	$29,090	1.4
Idaho	Idaho Falls	210	$28,990	2.3
Idaho	Lewiston	70	$29,310	1.7
Idaho	Pocatello	150	$29,710	2.7
Illinois	Bloomington	90	$38,130	0.6
Illinois	Champaign	100	$30,130	0.5
Illinois	Chicago	8,230	$32,810	0.9
Illinois	Danville	40	$30,150	0.8
Illinois	Decatur	140	$29,770	1.5
Illinois	Kankakee	110	$29,020	1.5
Illinois	Peoria	290	$30,450	0.8
Illinois	Rockford	340	$32,240	1
Illinois	Springfield	180	$32,900	0.8
Indiana	Anderson	120	$32,270	1.6
Indiana	Bloomington	170	$36,900	1.2
Indiana	Columbus	80	$28,710	1
Indiana	Elkhart	150	$29,370	0.5
Indiana	Evansville	320	$33,140	0.8
Indiana	Fort Wayne	430	$33,210	0.9
Indiana	Gary	640	$32,440	1
Indiana	Indianapolis	1,760	$36,380	0.9
Indiana	Kokomo	90	$32,210	1.3
Indiana	Lafayette	190	$25,840	1.2
Indiana	Michigan City	70	$31,940	0.8
Indiana	Muncie	120	$30,750	1.4
Indiana	South Bend	350	$35,720	1.2
Indiana	Terre Haute	110	$26,430	0.8
Iowa	Ames	50	$36,630	0.7
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	270	$35,910	0.9
Iowa	Davenport	380	$30,560	1
Iowa	Des Moines	510	$34,930	0.7
Iowa	Dubuque	150	$31,060	1.5
Iowa	Iowa City	240	$31,350	1.6
Iowa	Sioux City	190	$29,570	1.3
Iowa	Waterloo	200	$33,340	1.1
Kansas	Lawrence	120	$34,550	1.4
Kansas	Topeka	260	$28,650	1.1
Kansas	Wichita	710	$31,860	1
Kentucky	Bowling Green	160	$30,740	1.4
Kentucky	Elizabethtown	90	$32,370	1.1
Kentucky	Lexington	460	$28,940	0.9
Kentucky	Louisville	1,290	$34,650	0.9
Kentucky	Owensboro	80	$27,410	0.8
Louisiana	Alexandria	110	$27,600	0.9
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	690	$27,550	0.8
Louisiana	Houma	190	$23,760	1
Louisiana	Lafayette	300	$25,200	1
Louisiana	Lake Charles	150	$23,780	0.8
Louisiana	Monroe	210	$27,760	1.3
Louisiana	New Orleans	1,160	$28,990	1
Louisiana	Shreveport	330	$28,130	0.9
Maine	Bangor	120	$32,330	0.9
Maine	Lewiston	90	$36,980	0.9
Maine	Portland	330	$35,920	0.7
Maryland	Baltimore	2,480	$35,470	0.8
Maryland	Bethesda	1,260	$36,380	1
Maryland	Cumberland	60	$29,090	0.9
Maryland	Hagerstown	170	$31,930	0.8
Maryland	Salisbury	140	$32,830	1.3
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	290	$41,150	1.4
Massachusetts	Boston	3,350	$38,390	0.9
Massachusetts	Brockton	260	$39,610	1.4
Massachusetts	Framingham	280	$47,780	0.8
Massachusetts	Haverhill	190	$36,660	1.2
Massachusetts	Lawrence	190	$38,870	1.7
Massachusetts	Leominster	130	$33,760	1.3
Massachusetts	Lowell	240	$44,260	0.9
Massachusetts	New Bedford	140	$31,700	1.1
Massachusetts	Pittsfield	80	$37,010	1.3
Massachusetts	Springfield	600	$35,470	0.9
Massachusetts	Taunton	70	$41,330	0.8
Massachusetts	Worcester	530	$37,120	1
Michigan	Ann Arbor	480	$36,780	1.3
Michigan	Battle Creek	90	$31,250	0.9
Michigan	Bay City	80	$31,250	1.2
Michigan	Detroit	1,560	$32,260	1
Michigan	Flint	360	$32,700	1.2
Michigan	Grand Rapids	980	$36,000	1.2
Michigan	Holland	270	$37,560	1.3
Michigan	Jackson	90	$31,220	0.9
Michigan	Kalamazoo	270	$36,210	0.9
Michigan	Lansing	310	$34,500	0.7
Michigan	Monroe	80	$31,350	1.1
Michigan	Muskegon	200	$31,720	1.7
Michigan	Niles	110	$34,210	0.9
Michigan	Saginaw	260	$33,680	1.7
Michigan	Warren	3,100	$33,950	1.2
Minnesota	Duluth	190	$36,840	0.7
Minnesota	Minneapolis	3,390	$41,530	0.8
Minnesota	Rochester	190	$41,510	1
Minnesota	St Cloud	230	$40,700	1.1
Mississippi	Gulfport	170	$28,270	0.7
Mississippi	Hattiesburg	200	$26,220	1.8
Mississippi	Jackson	400	$28,970	0.7
Mississippi	Pascagoula	80	$27,680	0.9
Missouri	Columbia	240	$30,690	1.4
Missouri	Jefferson City	130	$31,150	0.9
Missouri	Joplin	110	$28,810	0.7
Missouri	Kansas City	1,880	$34,360	0.8
Missouri	Springfield	420	$32,680	1
Missouri	St Joseph	150	$30,150	1.5
Missouri	St Louis	2,580	$35,090	0.8
Montana	Billings	180	$30,710	1.1
Montana	Great Falls	120	$32,110	1.8
Montana	Missoula	160	$33,400	1.6
Nebraska	Lincoln	300	$29,870	0.8
Nebraska	Omaha	840	$31,380	0.8
Nevada	Carson City	60	$39,480	1.2
Nevada	Las Vegas	1,820	$33,050	0.9
Nevada	Reno	600	$36,390	1.3
New Hampshire	Manchester	210	$44,230	1
New Hampshire	Nashua	390	$39,980	1.3
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	130	$42,140	1.2
New Hampshire	Rochester	130	$41,140	1.1
New Jersey	Atlantic City	210	$32,860	0.7
New Jersey	Camden	1,230	$35,230	1
New Jersey	Edison	2,420	$35,550	1
New Jersey	Newark	2,740	$37,530	1.2
New Jersey	Ocean City	50	$35,320	0.6
New Jersey	Trenton	420	$37,320	0.9
New Jersey	Vineland	190	$36,330	1.7
New Mexico	Albuquerque	950	$31,050	1.1
New Mexico	Farmington	200	$29,020	1.9
New Mexico	Las Cruces	160	$26,690	1.3
New Mexico	Santa Fe	200	$38,570	1.6
New York	Albany	710	$33,970	0.7
New York	Binghamton	200	$33,840	0.9
New York	Buffalo	1,080	$31,040	0.9
New York	Elmira	60	$31,210	0.9
New York	Glens Falls	120	$33,230	1.2
New York	Ithaca	110	$30,260	1.3
New York	Kingston	140	$33,290	1.2
New York	Nassau	3,170	$36,320	1.1
New York	New York	9,510	$33,380	0.8
New York	Poughkeepsie	570	$35,120	1.1
New York	Rochester	950	$30,960	0.8
New York	Syracuse	640	$30,220	0.9
New York	Utica	180	$30,350	0.7
North Carolina	Asheville	440	$32,430	1.1
North Carolina	Charlotte	1,530	$32,810	0.8
North Carolina	Durham	570	$36,820	0.9
North Carolina	Fayetteville	390	$30,720	1.5
North Carolina	Goldsboro	90	$35,780	1.3
North Carolina	Greensboro	540	$34,370	0.6
North Carolina	Greenville	170	$33,870	1.2
North Carolina	Hickory	390	$33,460	1.1
North Carolina	Jacksonville	140	$34,290	1.8
North Carolina	Raleigh	990	$38,600	0.9
North Carolina	Rocky Mount	160	$30,700	1.4
North Carolina	Wilmington	360	$33,070	1.2
North Carolina	Winston Salem	480	$35,310	1
North Dakota	Bismarck	120	$32,150	1.1
North Dakota	Fargo	190	$34,370	0.8
North Dakota	Grand Forks	80	$32,030	0.8
Ohio	Akron	530	$32,320	0.7
Ohio	Canton	470	$29,150	1.2
Ohio	Cincinnati	1,900	$34,340	0.8
Ohio	Cleveland	1,990	$30,810	0.8
Ohio	Columbus	1,570	$35,240	0.7
Ohio	Dayton	730	$34,260	0.8
Ohio	Lima	60	$25,870	0.6
Ohio	Mansfield	140	$34,390	1.4
Ohio	Sandusky	50	$30,530	0.7
Ohio	Springfield	110	$32,270	1.2
Ohio	Toledo	680	$31,740	1
Ohio	Youngstown	510	$29,730	1
Oklahoma	Lawton	160	$31,490	2.3
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	1,540	$30,140	1.2
Oklahoma	Tulsa	1,110	$27,820	1.1
Oregon	Bend	210	$36,670	1.5
Oregon	Corvallis	80	$37,100	1.4
Oregon	Eugene	370	$36,450	1.2
Oregon	Medford	280	$34,280	1.6
Oregon	Portland	2,930	$37,950	1.2
Oregon	Salem	450	$35,790	1.4
Pennsylvania	Allentown	790	$31,090	1
Pennsylvania	Altoona	120	$27,250	1
Pennsylvania	Erie	270	$31,510	1
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	670	$27,940	1
Pennsylvania	Johnstown	140	$24,040	1.2
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	470	$33,080	0.9
Pennsylvania	Lebanon	90	$31,790	1
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	3,690	$34,020	0.9
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	2,110	$29,790	0.8
Pennsylvania	Reading	330	$30,910	0.9
Pennsylvania	Scranton	700	$29,430	1.2
Pennsylvania	State College	130	$29,810	1.2
Pennsylvania	Williamsport	90	$30,690	0.9
Pennsylvania	York	370	$26,520	0.9
Rhode Island	Providence	1,280	$34,740	1
South Carolina	Anderson	130	$32,320	1.1
South Carolina	Charleston	570	$31,400	0.9
South Carolina	Columbia	670	$31,440	0.9
South Carolina	Florence	150	$28,630	0.9
South Carolina	Greenville	540	$29,170	0.8
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	230	$33,600	0.9
South Carolina	Spartanburg	190	$31,550	0.7
South Carolina	Sumter	70	$31,720	1.1
South Dakota	Rapid City	210	$27,930	1.7
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	210	$31,990	0.7
Tennessee	Chattanooga	460	$31,530	0.9
Tennessee	Clarksville	270	$29,510	1.8
Tennessee	Cleveland	50	$29,970	0.7
Tennessee	Jackson	120	$27,800	1
Tennessee	Johnson City	110	$30,820	0.7
Tennessee	Kingsport	300	$27,380	1.2
Tennessee	Knoxville	720	$31,790	1
Tennessee	Memphis	840	$27,440	0.6
Tennessee	Morristown	100	$31,260	1.1
Tennessee	Nashville	1,540	$31,360	0.9
Texas	Abilene	100	$26,650	0.8
Texas	Amarillo	210	$30,520	1
Texas	Austin	1,510	$34,110	0.9
Texas	Beaumont	290	$30,730	0.9
Texas	Brownsville	180	$24,550	0.7
Texas	College Station	130	$29,620	0.8
Texas	Corpus Christi	360	$29,010	0.9
Texas	Dallas	3,650	$33,680	0.8
Texas	El Paso	490	$23,200	0.8
Texas	Fort Worth	1,680	$33,540	0.9
Texas	Houston	4,840	$32,510	0.8
Texas	Killeen	250	$29,030	1
Texas	Laredo	110	$24,900	0.6
Texas	Longview	210	$30,670	1.1
Texas	Lubbock	370	$26,690	1.4
Texas	Mcallen	320	$20,470	0.7
Texas	Midland	90	$26,630	0.7
Texas	Odessa	90	$28,210	0.8
Texas	San Angelo	90	$27,560	1.2
Texas	San Antonio	1,920	$29,090	1
Texas	Sherman	100	$29,910	1.3
Texas	Texarkana	90	$28,240	0.8
Texas	Tyler	180	$32,140	1
Texas	Victoria	60	$25,500	0.7
Texas	Waco	150	$30,830	0.7
Texas	Wichita Falls	110	$28,080	1
Utah	Logan	190	$21,790	2.1
Utah	Ogden	810	$25,020	1.9
Utah	Provo	760	$26,820	2.1
Utah	Salt Lake City	1,970	$27,890	1.4
Utah	St George	210	$29,310	2.2
Vermont	Burlington	150	$35,600	0.6
Virginia	Blacksburg	90	$32,860	0.7
Virginia	Charlottesville	240	$32,440	1.2
Virginia	Danville	80	$25,840	1.2
Virginia	Harrisonburg	130	$26,160	1.2
Virginia	Lynchburg	190	$30,770	0.9
Virginia	Richmond	1,030	$32,450	0.8
Virginia	Roanoke	240	$33,650	0.7
Virginia	Virginia Beach	1,700	$32,360	1
Virginia	Winchester	80	$30,290	0.8
Washington	Bellingham	190	$34,670	1.2
Washington	Bremerton	290	$35,080	1.7
Washington	Kennewick	270	$35,280	1.5
Washington	Longview	130	$32,400	2.1
Washington	Mount Vernon	170	$39,740	2
Washington	Olympia	360	$37,120	1.9
Washington	Seattle	4,300	$38,140	1.3
Washington	Spokane	740	$32,390	1.6
Washington	Tacoma	1,130	$37,010	1.9
Washington	Wenatchee	100	$32,630	1.3
Washington	Yakima	240	$32,920	1.5
West Virginia	Charleston	370	$24,650	1.2
West Virginia	Huntington	180	$25,960	0.8
West Virginia	Morgantown	130	$23,770	1.4
West Virginia	Parkersburg	140	$24,570	1
West Virginia	Weirton	90	$22,440	1.1
West Virginia	Wheeling	100	$23,320	0.8
Wisconsin	Appleton	270	$33,340	1.1
Wisconsin	Eau Claire	190	$32,780	1.2
Wisconsin	Fond	70	$33,880	0.8
Wisconsin	Green Bay	350	$32,420	1
Wisconsin	Janesville	190	$33,320	1.4
Wisconsin	La Crosse	190	$32,510	1.4
Wisconsin	Madison	520	$37,630	0.7
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1,910	$32,830	1
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	180	$29,830	1
Wisconsin	Racine	180	$36,140	1.1
Wisconsin	Sheboygan	140	$31,530	1.2
Wisconsin	Wausau	180	$28,670	1.3
Wyoming	Casper	90	$31,600	1.2
Wyoming	Cheyenne	80	$29,890	1

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