The New Hampshire Economic & Labor Market Information Bureau (ELMIB) showed job growth in the field of dental assisting to be a very favorable in a 2014 analysis of occupations in the state. It projects the number of jobs will increase 16.9% between 2012 and 2022. On average, forty-seven dental assistant jobs a year will be become available during this time frame.
New Hampshire had the highest dental assistant salaries in the country in 2014 according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). In particular, Manchester had the highest average dental assistant salary of any metropolitan area in the U.S.
The average 2014 dental assistant salary in New Hampshire was $44,315 according to the ELMIB. Dental assistants starting in the field earned $32,614 a year on average, while those with experience earned an average of $50,170 a year.
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New Hampshire’s metropolitan areas had average dental assistant salaries that were substantially above the average U.S. salary. The highest New Hampshire dental assistant salary was in the Manchester area:
New Hampshire Area
Entry-level
Average
Experienced
Concord
$37232
$45147
$49109
Manchester
$33010
$50378
$59093
Rochester
$33717
$41787
$45802
In 2013, there were 1,270 dental assistants employed in New Hampshire. Twenty-two percent of them were in the Nashua area, while 17.3% worked in the Manchester area. The Concord area had the third highest concentration of dental assistants with 16.5%.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics provides a detailed breakdown of 2013 New Hampshire dental assisting salary percentiles:
Area name
Employment
Hourly mean wage
Annual mean wage
Hourly median wage
Hourly 75th percentile wage
Hourly 90th percentile wage
Annual median wage
Annual 75th percentile wage
Annual 90th percentile wage
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury MA-NH NECTA Division
150
23.22
48300
23.88
27.25
29.34
49680
56670
61020
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem MA-NH NECTA Division
140
16.71
34760
16.89
19.23
22.34
35130
40010
46470
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford MA-NH NECTA Division
300
21.71
45160
22.01
25.64
27.78
45790
53330
57780
Manchester NH
220
23.94
49800
23.11
28.86
36.95
48060
60020
76850
Nashua NH-MA NECTA Division
290
21.08
43850
20.96
22.92
26.63
43600
47670
55400
Portsmouth NH-ME
130
18.38
38230
18.13
21.36
24.35
37720
44440
50640
Rochester-Dover NH-ME
80
20.05
41700
20.24
22.48
25.35
42100
46760
52740
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
80
15.43
32100
15.60
18.57
21.25
32450
38630
44200
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
230
21.39
44480
21.29
24.38
27.32
44290
50720
56820
Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
90
20.35
42340
18.65
22.22
39.67
38790
46220
82520
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
80
21.77
45280
21.91
25.22
27.62
45580
52450
57440
