Compared with the local labor market
Dental Assistant pay vs. the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN area
Across all employers in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN area, the median wage for Dental Assistants — about 2,440 people — is $49,590. Phc Dental Occlusal\Sealant pays a median base salary of $44,389 for this role, 10% below that figure — about the 21st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Phc Dental Occlusal\Sealant sits in the local pay range
$37,840
$46,680
$49,590
$60,480
$77,420
Phc Dental Occlusal\Sealant median · $44,389
The bar is the range of annual wages for Dental Assistants across every employer in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Phc Dental Occlusal\Sealant’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Dental Assistants — about 387,790 people — is $48,070. Phc Dental Occlusal\Sealant’s median base salary is 8% below that national figure, about the 25th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$37,130
$44,340
$48,070
$58,090
$62,250
Phc Dental Occlusal\Sealant median · $44,389
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Phc Dental Occlusal\Sealant is $44,389, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
Dental Assistant beyond City of Cincinnati
This role is reported in 12 jurisdictions. In City of Cincinnati, the median of $59,185 ranks #4 of 12. See Dental Assistant across all of City of Cincinnati →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Dental Assistantroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.