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What dental assistants make
Median
$56,000
Lower end
$44,000
Upper end
$73,000
Paid by the hour. Job Bank's national median is $27 an hour, about $56,000 a year at 40 hours a week. The lower and upper ends are Job Bank's low and high wages for everyone in the group, $21 and $35 an hour. Many assistants work 4 days a week, so yearly pay depends on the hours you take.