Dental assistant is 2nd hardest-hit job in Washington amid pandemic

Ninety-four percent of dental assistants in Washington state filed unemployment claims amid the pandemic, according to The Seattle Times.

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Dental assistants have the second-highest unemployment rate of all professions in Washington, behind bartenders. They filed 11,046 unemployment claims from March 8 to April 25, according to data from the state’s Employment Security Department.

Dental assistants rank among the 100 most common professions in Washington. Dentists do not, but 71 percent of Washington dentists have also filed unemployment claims during the same period.

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