Saturday, April 29, 2023

20 Best Metropolitan Markets for Dental Assistant Pay

As examined in Dental Assistant Pay in the Top 20 Metropolitan Markets, the biggest metro areas are the major U.S. centers for dental assistant employment. That fact notwithstanding, a closer look into U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data reveals that smaller metro areas are where dental assistants frequently find better pay, sometimes much better.  Indeed, a review of BLS data from May 2022 shows us that just four of the top 20 U.S. metro areas were among the 20 best metropolitan markets for dental assistant pay:

20 Best Metropolitan Markets for Dental Assistant Pay

Metropolitan Area # Employed Annual Mean Wages
1 San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward (#) 5,550 $62,830
2 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 3,700 $61,130
3 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington (#) 3,930 $61,020
4 Santa Rosa, CA 680 $56,750
5 Rochester, MN 350 $56,510
6 Mankato-North Mankato, MN 110 $55,470
7 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 530 $54,850
8 St. Cloud, MN 240 $54,710
9 Bismarck, ND 190 $54,170
10 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 250 $54,050
11 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 3,270 $53,350
12 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (#) 6,050 $53,330
13 Napa, CA 230 $53,280
14 Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH (#) 7,330 $53,060
15 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 540 $52,560
16 Salem, OR 550 $52,550
17 Fairbanks, AK 140 $52,500
18 Duluth, MN-WI 250 $52,360
19 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 730 $52,160
20 El Centro, CA 120 $51,880
National 363,880 $44,710

(#) a top 20 U.S metro population area

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on April 26, 2023

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