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 2019 shows us that just three of the top 20 U.S. metro areas were among the 20 best metropolitan markets for dental assistant pay:
| Metropolitan Area | # Employed | Annual Mean Wages | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Rosa, CA | 800 | $56,010 | ||
| 2 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington (#) | 3,760 | $54,510 | ||
| 3 | Rochester, MN | 360 | $53,010 | ||
| 4 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 3,860 | $52,380 | ||
| 5 | San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward (#) | 6,980 | $51,510 | ||
| 6 | Bismarck, ND | 160 | $51,360 | ||
| 7 | Portsmouth, NH-ME | 140 | $51,170 | ||
| 8 | Napa, CA | 210 | $50,420 | ||
| 9 | Fairbanks, AK | 80 | $50,280 | ||
| 10 | Boston-Cambridge-Nashua (#) | 6,070 | $50,220 | ||
| 11 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 430 | $50,120 | ||
| 12 | Odessa, TX | 190 | $50,000 | ||
| 13 | Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | 540 | $49,940 | ||
| 14 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 2,960 | $49,370 | ||
| 15 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | 590 | $49,180 | ||
| 16 | Worcester, MA-CT | 790 | $49,100 | ||
| 17 | St. Cloud, MN | 220 | $48,950 | ||
| 18 | Bend-Redmond, OR | 370 | $48,890 | ||
| 19 | Manchester, NH | 200 | $48,780 | ||
| 20 | Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ | 180 | $48,710 | ||
| National | 351,470 | $41,170 | |||
(#) a top 20 U.S metro population area
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on December 26, 2020
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