Your Questions About Dental Assistant Salaries

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Indeed dental assistants are needed. The dentist cant do everything by him/herself. Salary around $31000 http://swz.salary.com/SalaryWizard/dental-assistant-Salary-Details-Miami-FL.aspx

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I have not read an official stat. I think likely for you around $18/hr.

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Median hourly earnings of dental assistants were $13.62 in May 2004. The middle 50 percent earned between $11.06 and $16.65 an hour. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $9.11, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $19.97 an hour.

Benefits vary substantially by practice setting and may be contingent upon full-time employment. According to the American Dental Association (ADA), almost all full-time dental assistants employed by private practitioners received paid vacation time. The ADA also found that 9 out of 10 full-time and part-time dental assistants received dental coverage.

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To determine the salary of a Dental Assistant in specific areas go to either http://www.salary.com and use the “Salary Wizard” or http://www.payscale.com/research/US.

General salary for Dental Assistants:

http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes319091.htm

http://science.education.nih.gov/LifeWorks.nsf/Alphabetical+List/Dental+Assistant

See the “Interviews” section. Click on “Christopher Beadle”.

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I guess I need to move to Houston. The National Average for the United States for a dental assistant is between $15.00 hr and $21.00hr. For a Registered Dental Assistant it is between $18.00 and $25.00. Also, the more diversified your experience, the better the pay will be.

It does however depend on where you live. I have never heard of any assistant making between $60K and $120 K a year. Fees for dental services are regulated by the zip code of the office. The more affluent the area, the more the dentist can charge. Hence, the more a dentist can charge, the more he/she can pay.

Read the want-ads in your area to get an idea of the what the local pay scale is.