State-by-state hourly wages for dental assistants

Every year we ask you, the readers of Dental Assisting Digest, to assist us with our salary survey. Here is a state-by-state breakdown of what you told us about your salaries.

ALPHABETICALLY
ALABAMA – 9.50
ALASKA – 21.22
ARIZONA – 16.92
ARKANSAS – 17.00
CALIFORNIA – 21.50
COLORADO – 19.25
CONNECTICUT – 17.00
DELAWARE – 25.00
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – 24.00
FLORIDA – 19.05
GEORGIA – 16.31
HAWAII – 16.33
IDAHO – 16.00
ILLINOIS – 18.04
INDIANA – 17.26
IOWA – 16.17
KANSAS – 18.00
KENTUCKY – 16.50
LOUISIANA – 14.50
MAINE – 23.50
MARYLAND – 19.93
MASSACHUSETTS – 20.50
MICHIGAN – 17.60
MINNESOTA – 19.90
MISSISSIPPI – 15.20
MISSOURI – 17.73
MONTANA – 18.00
NEBRASKA – 14.50
NEVADA – 17.33
NEW HAMPSHIRE – 20.29
NEW JERSEY – 23.08
NEW MEXICO – 15.00
NEW YORK – 18.90
NORTH CAROLINA – 19.24
NORTH DAKOTA – 18.00
OHIO – 18.32
OKLAHOMA – 17.57
OREGON – 18.29
PENNSYLVANIA – 17.06
RHODE ISLAND – 21.00
SOUTH CAROLINA – 16.67
SOUTH DAKOTA – 12.50
TENNESSEE – 17.06
TEXAS – 17.92
UTAH – 13.53
VERMONT – 18.50
VIRGINIA – 18.36
WASHINGTON – 18.52
WEST VIRGINIA – 18.50
WISCONSIN – 17.94
WYOMING – 16.00

BY DOLLARS (LOW TO HIGH)
ALABAMA – 9.50
SOUTH DAKOTA – 12.50
UTAH – 13.53
LOUISIANA – 14.50
NEBRASKA – 14.50
NEW MEXICO – 15.00
MISSISSIPPI – 15.20
IDAHO – 16.00
WYOMING – 16.00
IOWA – 16.17
GEORGIA – 16.31
HAWAII – 16.33
KENTUCKY – 16.50
SOUTH CAROLINA – 16.67
ARIZONA – 16.92
ARKANSAS – 17.00
CONNECTICUT – 17.00
PENNSYLVANIA – 17.06
TENNESSEE – 17.06
INDIANA – 17.26
NEVADA – 17.33
OKLAHOMA – 17.57
MICHIGAN – 17.60
MISSOURI – 17.73
TEXAS – 17.92
WISCONSIN – 17.94
MONTANA – 18.00
KANSAS – 18.00
NORTH DAKOTA – 18.00
ILLINOIS – 18.04
OREGON – 18.29
OHIO – 18.32
VIRGINIA – 18.36
VERMONT – 18.50
WEST VIRGINIA – 18.50
WASHINGTON – 18.52
NEW YORK – 18.90
FLORIDA – 19.05
NORTH CAROLINA – 19.24
COLORADO – 19.25
MINNESOTA – 19.90
MARYLAND – 19.93
NEW HAMPSHIRE – 20.29
MASSACHUSETTS – 20.50
RHODE ISLAND – 21.00
ALASKA – 21.22
CALIFORNIA – 21.50
NEW JERSEY – 23.08
MAINE – 23.50
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – 24.00
DELAWARE – 25.00

To see the complete results of last year's DAD salary survey, click here.

To see the results of DANB's salary survey of CDAs versus Non-Certified Assistants, click here.