Dental Assistants · SOC 31-9091
Dental Assistants Salary in the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Dental Assistants in the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $45,950 per year ($22.09 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $36,190 at the 10th percentile to $57,570 at the 90th. BLS estimates 140 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Dental Assistants in the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area earn more than $45,950 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,550 and $47,120.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $36,190 | $38,550 | $45,950 | $47,120 | $57,570 |
| Hourly | $17.40 | $18.53 | $22.09 | $22.66 | $27.68 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$45,950 median for Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $38,550 to $47,120
- Coloradostate$48,340 median for Colorado; middle half earns $45,520 to $58,340
- United Statesnational$48,070 median for United States; middle half earns $44,340 to $58,090
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −5% vs Colorado overall and −4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Colorado
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for dental assistants, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan areathis page$45,950 median for Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $38,550 to $47,120
- $58,760 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $47,090 to $59,680
- $49,490 median for Denver metro area; middle half earns $46,980 to $58,990
- $48,290 median for Colorado Springs metro area; middle half earns $45,360 to $58,340
- $48,080 median for Fort Collins metro area; middle half earns $44,300 to $54,900
- $47,270 median for Greeley metro area; middle half earns $40,530 to $54,860
- $46,350 median for Grand Junction metro area; middle half earns $40,940 to $49,380
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for dental assistantss · Highest-paying occupations in Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.