More than 30 years: The amount of experience top-earning dental assistants have — bringing in an average annual income of $47,500, according to DentalPost’s “2023 Dental Salary Survey” annual report.
46 percent: The percentage of dental assistants who voluntarily left the field due to insufficient pay, according to the American Dental Association’s “Dental Workforce Shortages” report.
57.5 percent: The percentage of dentists finding it “extremely challenging” to recruit dental assistants, a December poll from the American Dental Association’s Health Policy Institute.
60 percent: The percentage of dental assistants who said they are satisfied with their roles, according to the American Dental Association’s “Dental Workforce Shortages” report.
$42,510: The mean salary for dental assistants, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
