Dental Office Manager Statistics 2026: Job Market, Pay, Demand & Workforce

DentistryHires had 551 open dental office manager listings from 225 employers on October 13, 2026.

272 were first posted in the previous 14 days and 407 in the previous 30 days.

At least 5.1% of dental office manager listings were part-time on October 13, 2026.

Listings that name no schedule are counted as full-time, so the real part-time share is likely higher.

The benefit dental office manager listings named most often on October 13, 2026 was paid time off, in 85.7% of listings, followed by health insurance (81.9%).

A listing that does not mention a benefit may still offer it.

To browse the openings themselves, see all dental office manager listings.

BLS has no dental office manager occupation.

The nearest series it measures, first-line office supervisors working in dental offices, had a median wage of $63,910 a year in May 2025, and the middle half earned $58,510 to $76,300 (BLS OEWS May 2025, First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers (SOC 43-1011) inside Offices of Dentists).

Employers hiring dental office managers on DentistryHires advertise a median of $27.50 an hour across 90 employers on October 13, 2026; this is advertised pay, not earnings.

For pay by state, percentile and experience, see the dental office manager salary guide.

Texas had the most open dental office manager listings on October 13, 2026, with 69 (12.5% of the national total).

California followed with 67 (12.2%).

To browse the openings in one state, start with dental office manager openings in Texas.

225 employers had open dental office manager listings on DentistryHires on October 13, 2026, and the five largest posted 52.6% of them.

197 employers (87.6%) had exactly one open dental office manager listing.

The largest single employer, Pacific Dental Services, posted 20.7% of all dental office manager listings, so this sample leans toward large dental groups.

Dental offices employed 32,840 first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers in May 2025, the BLS title most practice managers are reported under, with a median annual wage of $63,910 (BLS OEWS, NAICS 621200).

A smaller administrator tier, medical and health services managers, held 9,240 jobs in dental offices in May 2025, with a median annual wage of $78,050 (BLS OEWS, NAICS 621200).

In DentalPost's 2025 Dental Industry Salary Report, 263 full-time dental practice managers reported a median 2024 income of $67,000, down 1.5% from $68,000 a year earlier (DentalPost, 2025).

97.1% of dental practice managers responding to DentalPost's 2025 salary survey received benefits in 2024, and 37.5% were planning or pursuing a job change (DentalPost, 2025).

For how to enter the field, see the dental office manager career guide.

Listing figures are computed from every active, paid dental office manager listing on DentistryHires at the time shown, and refreshed every six hours.

Listings on a job board are not a random sample of all dental office manager jobs, so read them as a picture of current hiring, not of total employment.

Advertised pay is the midpoint of the range an employer posts, or its single figure, and hourly and annual postings are never converted into each other.

The headline is the employer median: each employer’s own median, then the median across employers, so a group posting hundreds of openings counts once.

A pay figure needs at least 30 listings from 10 employers and is withheld when one employer posted more than half of them.

Federal and survey figures (Bureau of Labor Statistics and the other sources listed below) are quoted as published, with the source and year in each sentence.

BLS has no dental office manager occupation.

Federal figures on this page are for first-line office supervisors and medical and health services managers as employed inside dental offices, the two series practice managers are reported under; they are shown separately, never averaged.