Dental Assistant Salary in Arizona: What Dental Assistants Earn in 2026
Posted pay in Arizona dental assistant listings
$24/hrmedian
The middle half of posted pay runs $22–$25.50/hr, from 36 distinct pay ranges at 26 employers (Pacific Dental Services, Valley Endodontics and Oral Surgery, Aesthetic Family Dental Care).
From DentistryHires' live job listings as of November 13, 2026. See the listings
25th percentile
$46,050
Median (50th)
$49,000
75th percentile
$57,880
National median
$48,070
BLS OEWS (SOC 31-9091), May 2025
What does a dental assistant make in Arizona?
The median dental assistant in Arizona earns $49,000 a year ($23.56 an hour), which is $930 above the national median of $48,070, and more than in nearby Colorado ($48,340) and Nevada ($47,110) but less than in California ($50,110).
The mean is $50,280.
That ranks 16th of the 49 states plus DC where BLS publishes a dental assistant median.
Entry-level vs top earners in Arizona
The middle half of Arizona dental assistants earn $46,050 to $57,880.
The lowest-paid tenth earn under $38,500, $1,370 above the national 10th percentile.
The top tenth earn over $59,380, $2,870 below the national 90th percentile.
How far the pay goes in Arizona
The Bureau of Economic Analysis puts Arizona's 2024 price level at 100.7 (U.S. = 100): prices overall run 0.7% above the national average, and housing (index 106.8) runs 6.8% above.
Converted to national average prices, the $49,000 median is worth about $48,670 — $600 above the national median of $48,070.
How many dental assistants work in Arizona
BLS counts about 8,680 dental assistant jobs in Arizona, 2.2% of the 387,790 nationwide, or 2.68 per 1,000 jobs in the state.
Dental assistants hold a 7% larger share of local jobs than nationally (location quotient 1.07).
Dental Assistant Salary by City in Arizona
Across the 7 Arizona metro areas where BLS publishes a dental assistant median, pay runs from $45,350 in Yuma to $49,760 in Phoenix, a spread of $4,410.
What Dental Assistant Job Listings in Arizona Show Right Now
From the 102 active dental assistant listings on DentistryHires as of November 13, 2026.
Employers with the most openings
- Pacific Dental Services54
- Heartland Dental14
- Valley Endodontics and Oral Surgery3
- Choice Healthcare Services2
- Dental Specialty Associates2
Pay employers post
- 79% of dental assistant listings in Arizona state any pay at all.
Benefits listings name
- Paid time offnamed in 89%
- Health insurancenamed in 77%
- 401(k) plannamed in 70%
- Dental or vision coveragenamed in 66%
- Paid or provided CEnamed in 56%
- Employee discounts or free dental carenamed in 14%
- Advancement opportunitiesnamed in 12%
Source: active dental assistant listings on DentistryHires, updated daily. Pay figures use only listings that state pay (midpoint of each posted range) and are hidden when one employer posted most of them. Benefits count listings that name the benefit; a listing that doesn’t mention one may still offer it.
Browse 102 jobs →Dental Assistant Regulatory Context in Arizona
Dental assistant practice in Arizona is regulated by the Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners.
Scope of practice — what a dental assistant may do, and under what level of supervision — is set by state law and changes over time, so verify current rules with the board before relying on them.
How Arizona Compares
Other dental salaries in Arizona
- Dentist salary in Arizona: median $194,180, $145,180 above the dental assistant median
- Dental Hygienist salary in Arizona: median $101,010, $52,010 above the dental assistant median
- Dental Lab Technician salary in Arizona: median $47,930, $1,070 below the dental assistant median
- Orthodontist salary in Arizona: median $272,330
- Oral Surgeon salary in Arizona: median $322,800
Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (state and national estimates, all industries); U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Price-adjusted pay divides the median by the price level.
Listing counts and posted pay are live DentistryHires listings, refreshed hourly.
A dash means BLS did not publish that figure; nothing is estimated.