Dental Assistant: Jobs, Careers and Schools

Metro Area Employment Data for Dental Assistant

Employment info for Dental Assistant, by major US metro area. The Popularity Index shows how common jobs for Dental Assistant are in the area. An Index of 1.0 means the area has an average number of people in the job compared to its population. A higher index indicates proportionally more jobs.

StateMetro AreaJobsMean SalaryPopularity Index
AlabamaAuburn50$23,7900.62
AlabamaBirmingham650$24,4000.59
AlabamaDecatur90$36,8800.87
AlabamaDothan130$28,4901.19
AlabamaFlorence120$24,3901.25
AlabamaGadsden60$23,2301.07
AlabamaHuntsville350$26,8700.84
AlabamaMobile280$23,2600.79
AlabamaMontgomery240$21,7000.69
AlabamaTuscaloosa140$24,7700.9
AlaskaAnchorage440 1.32
AlaskaFairbanks90$36,3301.52
ArizonaPhoenix3,720$32,5800.91
ArizonaPrescott170$35,4801.41
ArizonaTucson770$31,4601
ArizonaYuma80$32,4100.75
ArkansasFayetteville420$24,3001.15
ArkansasFort Smith210$25,5600.86
ArkansasHot Springs120$25,8601.83
ArkansasJonesboro110$24,8501.22
ArkansasLittle Rock720$25,8601.02
ArkansasPine Bluff50$23,5500.84
CaliforniaBakersfield950$26,6301.72
CaliforniaChico260$31,0601.75
CaliforniaEl Centro120$25,4301.31
CaliforniaFresno1,000$29,5001.43
CaliforniaHanford130$31,5702.26
CaliforniaLos Angeles9,700$29,2201.07
CaliforniaMadera110$30,7701.85
CaliforniaMerced160$30,1201.57
CaliforniaModesto720$28,0102.02
CaliforniaNapa170$33,4701.38
CaliforniaOakland3,270$35,9001.42
CaliforniaOxnard750$34,1201.16
CaliforniaRedding200$29,6801.53
CaliforniaRiverside3,350$29,1201.17
CaliforniaSacramento2,470$34,7001.24
CaliforniaSalinas550$35,4501.68
CaliforniaSan Diego3,420$33,6801.18
CaliforniaSan Francisco2,460$36,8501.16
CaliforniaSan Jose2,740$37,6801.38
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo410$30,7401.94
CaliforniaSanta Ana4,280$32,8901.26
CaliforniaSanta Barbara470$31,4101.31
CaliforniaSanta Cruz300$30,4201.77
CaliforniaSanta Rosa460$39,6301.12
CaliforniaStockton700$27,5401.58
CaliforniaVallejo480$33,3201.78
CaliforniaVisalia420$25,9601.55
CaliforniaYuba City200$28,2702.72
ColoradoBoulder340$37,8201.15
ColoradoColorado Springs890$32,0501.69
ColoradoDenver2,030$35,7700.76
ColoradoFort Collins240$32,7900.99
ColoradoGrand Junction90$27,8300.94
ColoradoGreeley200$47,3101.47
ColoradoPueblo200$27,4902.24
ConnecticutBridgeport810$38,6300.86
ConnecticutDanbury200$28,9401.52
ConnecticutHartford1,050$37,1800.87
ConnecticutNew Haven400$34,3700.68
ConnecticutNorwich270$35,0201.09
ConnecticutWaterbury160$37,5401.17
DelawareDover100$30,7300.92
DelawareWilmington600$31,4600.84
District of ColumbiaWashington4,190$33,6700.82
FloridaCape Coral240$34,4100.52
FloridaDeltona370$27,0901.1
FloridaFort Lauderdale1,500$31,1700.93
FloridaFort Walton Beach160$31,2901.02
FloridaGainesville310$31,0801.34
FloridaJacksonville1,140$30,7500.88
FloridaLakeland250$29,6800.59
FloridaMiami1,700$25,7800.8
FloridaNaples170$34,1200.66
FloridaOcala200$28,5601.07
FloridaOrlando1,390$33,4300.61
FloridaPalm Bay420$31,4001
FloridaPanama City110$25,0000.83
FloridaPensacola380$27,8501.17
FloridaPort St Lucie310$21,9801.24
FloridaPunta Gorda110$26,8701.43
FloridaSarasota790$29,2301.28
FloridaSebastian150$28,3501.71
FloridaTallahassee240$32,1900.72
FloridaTampa2,350$29,5400.87
FloridaWest Palm Beach1,020$32,3700.85
GeorgiaAlbany100$28,3900.86
GeorgiaAthens110$24,0300.81
GeorgiaAtlanta4,110$32,5900.79
GeorgiaAugusta560$25,0401.28
GeorgiaColumbus240$30,1601.1
GeorgiaDalton70$32,2700.47
GeorgiaGainesville120$28,7600.99
GeorgiaHinesville50$29,5702.89
GeorgiaMacon150$28,6900.81
GeorgiaRome100$29,4001.5
GeorgiaSavannah290$26,7300.98
GeorgiaValdosta130$27,1901.54
GeorgiaWarner Robins100$31,1101.16
HawaiiHonolulu1,070$29,0301.17
IdahoBoise700$28,8001.35
IdahoCoeur Dalene160$23,8701.75
IdahoIdaho Falls240$28,6802.95
IdahoLewiston90$28,7002.31
IdahoPocatello140$21,1902.61
IllinoisBloomington110$28,5600.81
IllinoisChampaign80$30,3200.47
IllinoisChicago8,310$30,1800.99
IllinoisDanville50$26,4901.04
IllinoisDecatur110$26,6901.24
IllinoisKankakee120$26,8101.63
IllinoisPeoria380$28,3601.09
IllinoisRockford350$30,6201.12
IllinoisSpringfield210$28,1600.99
IllinoisWaukegan1,090$32,0401.39
IndianaAnderson110$27,3501.69
IndianaBloomington220$34,2901.74
IndianaColumbus60$28,6900.89
IndianaElkhart160$28,2800.58
IndianaEvansville260$30,7200.71
IndianaFort Wayne410$28,7100.91
IndianaGary740$29,7101.26
IndianaIndianapolis1,330$34,1200.69
IndianaKokomo80$30,9401.17
IndianaLafayette190$25,5501.42
IndianaMichigan City80$29,2400.97
IndianaMuncie120$27,1801.39
IndianaSouth Bend290$36,2701.04
IndianaTerre Haute100$25,7500.77
IowaAmes60$36,5600.97
IowaCedar Rapids290$37,5001.09
IowaDavenport340$30,1200.88
IowaDes Moines350$34,0400.52
IowaDubuque170$27,1501.73
IowaIowa City200$30,6001.61
IowaSioux City160$31,5101.17
IowaWaterloo160$25,9501
KansasLawrence120$32,7801.51
KansasTopeka250$27,0401.16
KansasWichita640$27,4701.1
KentuckyBowling Green90$25,1200.95
KentuckyElizabethtown70$30,5700.94
KentuckyLexington470$28,7600.95
KentuckyLouisville1,230$30,4900.95
KentuckyOwensboro70$25,3000.86
LouisianaAlexandria100$24,3200.88
LouisianaBaton Rouge430$24,2900.56
LouisianaHouma150$27,2700.92
LouisianaLafayette290$24,1801.08
LouisianaLake Charles120$22,0600.74
LouisianaMonroe180$26,9701.25
LouisianaNew Orleans790$25,3700.82
LouisianaShreveport360$28,7601.08
MaineBangor160$28,1501.3
MaineLewiston90$30,1501
MainePortland330$32,1900.8
MarylandBaltimore1,880$32,0500.67
MarylandBethesda1,220$34,7701
MarylandHagerstown180$27,0300.95
MarylandSalisbury120$30,9201.2
MassachusettsBarnstable Town270$39,0701.31
MassachusettsBoston2,950$35,9000.8
MassachusettsBrockton210$36,6201.18
MassachusettsFramingham430$41,7001.37
MassachusettsHaverhill230$31,9701.49
MassachusettsLawrence190$37,2001.83
MassachusettsLeominster130$36,8101.34
MassachusettsLowell310$41,0401.26
MassachusettsLynn190$41,5101.03
MassachusettsNew Bedford200$31,5501.61
MassachusettsSpringfield620$31,9000.98
MassachusettsWorcester410$37,0900.77
MichiganAnn Arbor430$36,2101.21
MichiganBattle Creek90$28,7500.94
MichiganBay City70$36,0701.15
MichiganDetroit1,610$32,3401.05
MichiganFlint410$31,2101.46
MichiganGrand Rapids860$33,1401.03
MichiganHolland310$32,5601.48
MichiganJackson140$27,6701.32
MichiganKalamazoo260$32,3800.92
MichiganLansing440$33,1301.14
MichiganMonroe100$27,2801.58
MichiganNiles130$30,4701.13
MichiganSaginaw250$33,8901.54
MichiganWarren2,960$33,0601.13
MinnesotaDuluth190$31,2100.72
MinnesotaMinneapolis3,500$37,8600.88
MinnesotaRochester170$40,6701.15
MinnesotaSt Cloud210$38,9001.1
MississippiGulfport150$27,6500.79
MississippiHattiesburg240$24,9002.17
MississippiJackson330$28,9500.61
MississippiPascagoula70$23,9100.91
MissouriColumbia210$28,2701.53
MissouriJefferson City150$28,1701.2
MissouriJoplin90$26,4000.62
MissouriKansas City1,720$30,2600.78
MissouriSpringfield420$29,1001.14
MissouriSt Joseph110$30,4901.47
MissouriSt Louis2,550$31,2800.89
MontanaBillings200$24,9501.23
MontanaGreat Falls70$30,8601.24
MontanaMissoula110$34,8601.08
NebraskaLincoln300$29,1200.93
NebraskaOmaha850$29,3100.87
NevadaCarson City70$32,4701.35
NevadaLas Vegas1,730$33,8800.86
NevadaReno460$35,0801.05
New HampshireManchester180$41,4000.89
New HampshireNashua310$36,9601.13
New HampshirePortsmouth100$36,1500.96
New HampshireRochester120$38,9601.25
New JerseyAtlantic City230$34,9500.82
New JerseyCamden1,150$32,7300.97
New JerseyEdison2,410$35,4801.07
New JerseyNewark2,660$37,2501.2
New JerseyOcean City50$40,4400.63
New JerseyTrenton440$32,5500.91
New JerseyVineland190$33,5701.63
New MexicoAlbuquerque750$28,8700.93
New MexicoFarmington160$28,2801.74
New MexicoLas Cruces160$25,9601.39
New MexicoSanta Fe190$34,7201.64
New YorkAlbany730$33,4000.77
New YorkBinghamton240$27,1501.13
New YorkBuffalo1,260$27,5301.1
New YorkElmira60$28,6900.94
New YorkGlens Falls130$28,6301.3
New YorkKingston130$32,4201.14
New YorkNassau3,610$32,2301.34
New YorkNew York9,550$32,0100.87
New YorkPoughkeepsie600$30,5201.19
New YorkRochester920$30,5900.86
New YorkSyracuse670$28,1100.99
New YorkUtica150$28,6000.58
North CarolinaAsheville460$31,6201.29
North CarolinaBurlington140$32,0701.39
North CarolinaCharlotte1,380$39,6000.78
North CarolinaDurham460$33,9100.89
North CarolinaFayetteville350$28,2001.47
North CarolinaGoldsboro90$32,3401.28
North CarolinaGreensboro410$33,1900.52
North CarolinaGreenville180$28,6201.48
North CarolinaHickory300$29,7000.85
North CarolinaJacksonville70$28,0801.01
North CarolinaRaleigh840$36,2400.81
North CarolinaRocky Mount120$25,8501.08
North CarolinaWilmington340$30,6601.24
North CarolinaWinston Salem410$31,7200.94
North DakotaBismarck90$32,3800.81
North DakotaFargo220$31,7400.98
North DakotaGrand Forks80$29,7700.85
OhioAkron490$34,6900.68
OhioCanton290$22,4500.79
OhioCincinnati1,830$32,8600.8
OhioCleveland2,270$28,1600.96
OhioColumbus1,420$31,5100.72
OhioDayton980$32,3801.12
OhioLima80$25,7600.77
OhioMansfield110$30,1401.05
OhioSandusky60$30,5200.97
OhioSpringfield100$31,1901.15
OhioToledo730$29,5301.06
OhioYoungstown440$26,4500.89
OklahomaLawton150$25,5402.55
OklahomaOklahoma City1,070$27,2100.88
OklahomaTulsa870$27,0900.98
OregonBend140$34,7001.25
OregonCorvallis90$32,7802.04
OregonEugene380$32,6701.3
OregonMedford260$32,6401.64
OregonPortland3,280$35,2801.5
OregonSalem340$34,9701.16
PennsylvaniaAllentown930$27,7701.31
PennsylvaniaAltoona120$26,5301.04
PennsylvaniaErie310$22,7801.21
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg610$27,4500.98
PennsylvaniaJohnstown130$21,7701.21
PennsylvaniaLancaster460$29,0500.93
PennsylvaniaLebanon120$29,9901.55
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia3,850$30,1000.92
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh2,010$26,4500.81
PennsylvaniaReading300$26,5500.89
PennsylvaniaScranton630$25,9901.16
PennsylvaniaState College150$30,0701.45
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport80$24,3200.87
PennsylvaniaYork310$25,5500.83
Rhode IslandProvidence1,210$33,7601
South CarolinaAnderson140$27,6201.4
South CarolinaCharleston500$34,4900.84
South CarolinaColumbia650$31,2600.89
South CarolinaGreenville490$29,3200.78
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach160$26,1500.69
South CarolinaSpartanburg180$29,3200.78
South CarolinaSumter60$27,4201.02
South DakotaRapid City140$29,9401.27
South DakotaSioux Falls200$26,7800.75
TennesseeChattanooga400$30,0100.82
TennesseeClarksville200$27,9201.39
TennesseeCleveland70$29,4301.07
TennesseeJackson120$27,2701.22
TennesseeJohnson City160$27,3901.17
TennesseeKingsport300$24,6301.32
TennesseeKnoxville700$28,6701.01
TennesseeMemphis920$28,4300.7
TennesseeNashville1,520$32,4900.93
TexasAbilene140$23,1501.21
TexasAmarillo210$29,7601.08
TexasAustin1,370$32,8500.88
TexasBeaumont370$23,5801.14
TexasBrownsville200$22,5800.81
TexasCollege Station160$27,8501.13
TexasCorpus Christi290$26,1800.84
TexasDallas3,920$28,2300.88
TexasEl Paso370$25,4600.73
TexasFort Worth1,460$33,2700.83
TexasHouston5,550$26,6701.06
TexasKilleen310$27,8701.37
TexasLaredo100$20,8700.72
TexasLongview200$29,2901.14
TexasLubbock280$20,6201.23
TexasMcallen330$21,8700.75
TexasMidland90$24,5300.87
TexasOdessa60$27,7400.62
TexasSan Angelo90$25,2401.32
TexasSan Antonio1,560$27,5900.92
TexasSherman110$29,9401.5
TexasTexarkana110$26,3601.09
TexasTyler250$27,4801.39
TexasVictoria70$25,1400.88
TexasWaco160$35,1000.84
TexasWichita Falls110$25,3500.98
UtahLogan180$21,2802.57
UtahOgden730$25,1701.97
UtahProvo880$28,2602.68
UtahSalt Lake City1,870$26,3701.44
UtahSt George120$26,1601.4
VermontBurlington190$33,7200.9
VirginiaCharlottesville200$27,6301.23
VirginiaDanville70$27,2801.03
VirginiaHarrisonburg140$22,3601.53
VirginiaLynchburg190$29,5300.99
VirginiaRichmond970$31,0900.73
VirginiaRoanoke270$29,3400.83
VirginiaVirginia Beach2,050$26,7901.24
VirginiaWinchester90$23,6300.95
WashingtonBellingham190$31,1001.25
WashingtonBremerton420$29,8202.63
WashingtonKennewick310$31,5601.86
WashingtonLongview90$27,5201.58
WashingtonMount Vernon150$39,8101.87
WashingtonOlympia310$35,3401.67
WashingtonSeattle3,850$37,6101.31
WashingtonSpokane730$31,0001.7
WashingtonTacoma1,000$35,4101.82
WashingtonWenatchee160$28,6102.27
WashingtonYakima190$27,7001.2
West VirginiaCharleston350$22,5501.17
West VirginiaHuntington190$26,9900.82
West VirginiaMorgantown110$24,5101.22
West VirginiaParkersburg130$23,6900.93
West VirginiaWeirton100$22,6601.24
West VirginiaWheeling80$24,0200.65
WisconsinEau Claire150$29,6801.01
WisconsinFond50$29,3200.71
WisconsinGreen Bay350$31,3401.02
WisconsinJanesville170$27,2701.29
WisconsinLa Crosse260$29,5101.94
WisconsinMadison540$31,4900.78
WisconsinMilwaukee1,390$28,8400.75
WisconsinOshkosh150$29,9800.92
WisconsinRacine200$26,9301.37
WisconsinSheboygan180$29,8501.72
WisconsinWausau130$26,1800.98
WyomingCasper80$25,0701.25
WyomingCheyenne60$28,3600.8