Dental Assistants Salary in Philadelphia, PA

Estimates come from the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Dental Assistants in Philadelphia, PA is $49,570, 3% higher than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Philadelphia sits within the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, Dental Assistants pay runs from $40,040 to $69,250 a year, with about 6.5K people employed.

Median annual

$49,570

Median hourly

$24

Average annual

$52,220

Employed in metro

6.5K

Pay distribution

10th$40,040

25th$47,490

Median$49,570

75th$57,070

90th$69,250

Salary calculator

Pay amountPay period

Hours / weekWeeks / year

Hourly: $23.83
Daily: $191
Weekly: $953
Bi-weekly: $1,907
Monthly: $4,131
Annual: $49,570

$49,570 a year is around the 50th percentile for Dental Assistantss in Philadelphia, PA. The median is $49,570.

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Percentile	Hourly	Annual
10th percentile	$19.20	$40,040
25th percentile	$22.80	$47,490
Median	$23.80	$49,570
75th percentile	$27.40	$57,070
90th percentile	$33.30	$69,250
Average (mean)	$25.10	$52,220
Employment	6,510 people

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Dental Assistants in other metro areas

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$74,600
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$72,370
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$64,390
Rochester, MN$63,450
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$62,040
Portland-South Portland, ME$61,240
Mankato, MN$61,010
St. Cloud, MN$61,000