According to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, the median Ohio dental assistant salary in 2014 was $34,921, while the top 25 percent earned $41,226 a year on average. Entry-level dental assistants earned substantially less, averaging $26,520 a year as of 2014.
Dental assistant salaries varied greatly throughout the state. In Ohio’s major metropolitan areas, the median dental assistant salary ranged from a low of $26,866 in Steubenville to a high of $38,331 in the Columbus area:
Ohio Area
Entry-level
Median
75th percentile
Cincinnati
$25750
$33271
$38646
Columbus
$31491
$38331
$44491
Mansfield
$26582
$35427
$41808
Sandusky
$25064
$34071
$40019
Springfield
$26749
$33190
$36608
Steubenville
$20987
$26866
$29952
Youngstown
$27248
$34638
$41246
Dental Assistant Job Growth in Ohio
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services projects a 20.5% increase in dental assistant jobs from 2010 to 2020. This is more than two times greater than the level of growth expected for the state as a whole.
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The rates of dental assistant job growth are expected to be higher than Ohio’s average in two of the state’s largest metropolitan areas. This increase is expected to be 23.2% in the Toledo area and 22.3% in the Dayton area.
Along with being home to the greatest number of dental assistants in Ohio as of 2013, the Columbus area is expected to have the highest number of average annual job openings in the dental assisting field. Fifty-nine jobs a year are expected to become available in this metropolitan area, out of a total of 416 throughout all of Ohio.
The US Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics provides an analysis of 2013 Ohio dental assistant salary percentiles broken down by metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas:
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
Akron OH
660
15.76
32770
15.62
18.18
21.40
32480
37820
44510
Canton-Massillon OH
470
14.14
29420
13.66
16.62
18.48
28410
34560
38440
Cincinnati-Middletown OH-KY-IN
1870
16.08
33440
15.81
18.36
21.56
32880
38190
44850
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor OH
1680
17.48
36370
17.13
19.66
22.34
35630
40890
46480
Columbus OH
1780
18.40
38270
18.21
21.14
22.95
37880
43960
47740
Dayton OH
900
17.53
36450
16.76
19.27
25.87
34860
40080
53800
Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH
170
14.45
30050
14.78
16.82
18.09
30740
34980
37630
Lima OH
80
17.34
36060
16.29
19.99
25.58
33890
41570
53210
Mansfield OH
90
16.87
35090
16.83
19.86
22.26
35010
41300
46310
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna WV-OH
150
13.74
28590
13.60
16.05
18.09
28290
33380
37630
Sandusky OH
60
16.06
33400
16.19
19.01
21.56
33670
39530
44840
Springfield OH
120
15.75
32770
15.77
17.39
18.66
32800
36180
38820
Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV
70
12.62
26250
12.76
14.23
16.04
26550
29590
33360
Toledo OH
440
17.56
36530
17.00
20.69
24.89
35370
43040
51780
Wheeling WV-OH
100
13.42
27920
13.52
15.50
17.58
28120
32230
36570
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman OH-PA
550
16.79
34930
16.46
19.60
22.24
34230
40770
46270
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
430
16.72
34770
16.57
19.95
21.89
34470
41490
45520
Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area
500
17.16
35690
15.32
20.08
26.96
31870
41770
56080
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
260
14.01
29130
12.72
17.23
20.69
26450
35850
43030
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
240
15.66
32580
15.55
17.67
20.39
32340
36750
42410
