Dental Assisting Employment Statistics

We could talk all day about our personal favorite benefits of dental assisting.

The flexibility, working as a team, the pride in your work, and the ability to leave your work at work when it’s time to come home; just to name a few.

But what about the facts?

Sometimes you want to skip past all the personal preferences and sales pitches, and get down to “brass tax”, as they say.

Well the Bureau of Labor Statistics has a VERY informational page on the dental assisting facts nation wide. So take a look for yourself!

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

Some of our favorite facts are…

• The median wage is $17.76 an hour
• Specialty offices are the top paying employers in the industry
• The employment rate is on the rise

What did YOU find interesting!?