Dental assistants in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif., area have the highest average annual salary of any metropolitan area in the U.S., making $69,810 per year.
Across the U.S., dental assistants earn an average of $48,860 each year.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released updated compensation data for dental assistants April 2 to reflect 2024 information.
Here are the 10 metropolitan areas where assistants have the highest mean annual salary:
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif.: $69,810
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis.: $66,520
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif.: $65,070
- Santa Rosa-Petaluma, Calif.: $63,760
- Rochester, Minn.: $61,750
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash.: $59,810
- St. Cloud, Minn.: $59,080
- Vallejo, Calif.: $58,960
- Mankato, Minn.: $58,860
- Bismarck, N.D.: $58,720
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