Los Angeles County / Public Health / Senior Dentist
Job-title file
Diagnose and treat patients, direct clinical care, and supervise other medical staff.
1 employees hold this title in Public Health. Median total compensation for the role is $353,026, above the department median of $162,589.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Dentists, General — about 6,300 people — is $139,990. Public Health pays a median base salary of $264,089 for this role, 89% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Dentists, General across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Health’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Dentists, General — about 124,390 people — is $170,950. Public Health’s median base salary is 54% above that national figure, about the 81st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Health is $353,026, 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 departments
Senior Dentist is held in 3 Los Angeles County departments. In Public Health, the median of $353,026 ranks #2 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Senior Dentist role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Senior Dentist/Public Health
Rita Rong Chen is a Senior Dentist at Public Health. 2025 total compensation came to $353,026.