Dental Assistant Salary Information

Salary

• The middle 50% of Dental Assistants earned between $24,800and $36,300 per year.*
• The median hourly earnings of Dental Assistants was $14.53 per hour in 2006.*
• Skilled and experienced Dental Assistants in the highest 10% salary range earned $43,000 annually.*
• Job openings for Dental Assistants are expected to increase by 29% through 2016.**

Benefits vary substantially by practice and may be contingent upon full-time employment.

Information is based on the Occupational Outlook Handbook of the U.S. Department of Labor. Annual figures assume full time employment at 2080 hours per year. Individual student
earnings vary.

**This growth represents a ten-year period ending 2016. Source: U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Outlook Handbook 2008-2009 Edition.

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