Arkansas was 10.9% below the U.S. median for Dental Assistants. It ranked 46 of 53 state areas with a published annual median. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Arkansas was 86.9, or 13.1% below the national price level. Its housing index was 58.2.
National-price-dollar proxy
$49,266
WageScope divides the published Dental Assistants median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 31-9091 and BLS area 05.
Questions, answered
Dental Assistants pay in Arkansas: common questions
What is the median wage for Dental Assistants in Arkansas?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published a median of $42,830 per year for Dental Assistants in Arkansas. This describes an occupation-area estimate, not a promised offer or an individual's pay.
Is Dental Assistants pay higher in Arkansas than nationally?
Arkansas's published median was 10.9% below the U.S. median for the same occupation and release.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Arkansas?
No. The BLS wage is nominal. WageScope separately shows BEA's 2024 all-items Regional Price Parity of 86.9 and a transparent national-price-dollar proxy.
How many Dental Assistants jobs does BLS estimate in Arkansas?
BLS published an employment estimate of 2,950 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
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What the Dental Assistants median says in Arkansas
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Dental Assistants median in Arkansas at $42,830 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 31-9091 and BLS area 05.
BLS lists 2,950 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $42,130 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Arkansas's Dental Assistants median is 10.9% below the U.S. Dental Assistants median of $48,070 on the same published median. The comparison uses the same SOC code and source period. It does not add price levels, taxes, benefits, hours, or a person's work history.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 31-9091 and area 05. SOC 31-9091 names Dental Assistants. Area 05 names Arkansas. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 31-9091/05 row reports 2,950 wage and salary jobs, 2.26 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 0.91 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 31-9091/05, the annual median is $42,830 per year, while the matching mean is $42,130 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
BLS area 05 facts behind this Dental Assistants page
Area 05 reports 1,303,630 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $54,890. Its annual median is $43,630. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.3%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 31-9091 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Arkansas runs from $27,020 at the 10th percentile to $94,740 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $31,880. The median is $43,630. The 75th percentile is $61,850. This is a place check, not a pay range for Dental Assistants.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 05. They do not show related skills or a path into Dental Assistants.
1. Area 05, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 35,660 jobs, $26,250 annual median, 27.36 jobs per 1,000, and 1.1 location quotient.
2. Area 05, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 35,510 jobs, $29,270 annual median, 27.24 jobs per 1,000, and 1.09 location quotient.
3. Area 05, SOC 11-1021, General and Operations Managers: 34,570 jobs, $74,050 annual median, 26.52 jobs per 1,000, and 1.18 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Arkansas wage ladder for Dental Assistants
The 10th percentile is $35,060 per year. The 25th percentile is $36,790 per year. The median is $42,830 per year. The 75th percentile is $46,730 per year. The 90th percentile is $48,330 per year.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from $36,790 per year to $46,730 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $13,270. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Arkansas has a annual median of $42,830 per year. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $48,070 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
A state comparison is not available for Arkansas. Arkansas is 10.9% below the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Arkansas ranks 46 of 53 among states and territories with a published annual median for Dental Assistants. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.
Rank 46 of 53 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.
The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.
43. Hawaii has a Dental Assistants median of $44,720 per year, 1,960 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.25.
44. New Mexico has a Dental Assistants median of $44,400 per year, 2,150 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.99.
45. Louisiana has a Dental Assistants median of $44,090 per year, 4,540 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.94.
47. Guam (territory) has a Dental Assistants median of $40,280 per year, 110 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.67.
Pay leaders
Where Dental Assistants medians lead among states and territories
The rows below use the same SOC 31-9091, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. Minnesota has the highest published median in this set, at $65,270 per year. Arkansas sits at $42,830 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Dental Assistants is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. Minnesota has a Dental Assistants median of $65,270 per year, or $22,440 above Arkansas. BLS lists 5,980 jobs there, compared with 2,950 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 0.81.
2. District of Columbia has a Dental Assistants median of $60,580 per year, or $17,750 above Arkansas. BLS lists 630 jobs there, compared with 2,950 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 0.36.
3. Maine has a Dental Assistants median of $60,070 per year, or $17,240 above Arkansas. BLS lists 1,550 jobs there, compared with 2,950 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 0.97.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Dental Assistants jobs
California has the largest published state job estimate for Dental Assistants in this same-source set, at 56,220 jobs. Arkansas has 2,950. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. California has 56,220 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 53,270 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $50,110 per year, or $7,280 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 1.24.
2. Texas has 33,230 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 30,280 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $45,430 per year, or $2,600 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 0.95.
3. Florida has 26,620 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 23,670 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $47,620 per year, or $4,790 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 1.07.
Local-share leaders
Where Dental Assistants takes the largest share of local jobs
Utah has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 1.54. Arkansas has 0.91. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Dental Assistants is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Utah has a location quotient of 1.54, a gap of 0.63 from Arkansas. BLS lists 6,640 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $37,760 per year, or $5,070 below Arkansas.
2. Washington has a location quotient of 1.47, a gap of 0.56 from Arkansas. BLS lists 13,050 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $58,090 per year, or $15,260 above Arkansas.
3. Alaska has a location quotient of 1.4, a gap of 0.49 from Arkansas. BLS lists 1,140 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $57,710 per year, or $14,880 above Arkansas.
Job scale and share
How common Dental Assistants is in Arkansas
BLS lists 2,950 Dental Assistants jobs in Arkansas. It also lists 2.26 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 0.91. A value of 1 means Dental Assistants has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is lower than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
The all-occupations median in Arkansas is $43,630 per year. The Dental Assistants median is $42,830 per year. Dental Assistants is 1.8% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.
The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Arkansas. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.
Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Dental Assistants. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.
1. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Arkansas median of $42,840 per year. BLS lists 12,510 jobs and a location quotient of 1.09.
2. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Arkansas median of $43,400 per year. BLS lists 12,410 jobs and a location quotient of 0.97.
3. Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators, SOC 53-7051, has a Arkansas median of $43,780 per year. BLS lists 10,850 jobs and a location quotient of 1.67.
Area job mix
The largest detailed roles in Arkansas
Fast Food and Counter Workers is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Arkansas table, at 35,660 jobs. Dental Assistants has 2,950 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 1,303,630. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Dental Assistants's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 35,660 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 32,710 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $26,250 per year, or $16,580 below Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.1.
2. Retail Salespersons has 35,510 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 32,560 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $29,270 per year, or $13,560 below Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.09.
3. General and Operations Managers has 34,570 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 31,620 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $74,050 per year, or $31,220 above Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.18.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Arkansas
Registered Nurses has the highest published median in the bounded Arkansas role table, at $78,940 per year. Dental Assistants has $42,830 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $43,630 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. Registered Nurses has a median of $78,940 per year in Arkansas, or $36,110 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 29,400 jobs, compared with 2,950 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.04.
2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $74,050 per year in Arkansas, or $31,220 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 34,570 jobs, compared with 2,950 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.18.
3. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a median of $63,090 per year in Arkansas, or $20,260 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 11,000 jobs, compared with 2,950 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.95.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Arkansas
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has the highest location quotient in the bounded Arkansas role table, at 1.95. Dental Assistants has 0.91. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Dental Assistants with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a location quotient of 1.95 in Arkansas, a gap of 1.04 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 11,000 jobs and a median of $63,090 per year, or $20,260 above Dental Assistants.
2. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.86 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.95 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 32,220 jobs and a median of $51,550 per year, or $8,720 above Dental Assistants.
Price-level view
What $42,830 may mean after the Arkansas price level
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Arkansas is 86.9. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 13.1% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
WageScope divides the $42,830 Dental Assistants median by 86.9 divided by 100. The result is $49,266 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.
Housing is 58.2. Goods are 93.6. Utilities are 74.7. Other services are 95.3. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.
The employment RSE for this Dental Assistants row is 5.4%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.2%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 2,950 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $42,130 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Dental Assistants. It uses a Arkansas place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $42,830 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Dental Assistants row for Arkansas does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 2,950 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.91 is not a growth score. Rank 46 of 53 is not a place score. The 86.9 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 31-9091 in BLS area 05. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 05, SOC 53-3032, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers: 32,220 jobs, $51,550 annual median, 24.72 jobs per 1,000, and 1.86 location quotient.
5. Area 05, SOC 43-9061, Office Clerks, General: 29,940 jobs, $37,050 annual median, 22.96 jobs per 1,000, and 1.45 location quotient.
6. Area 05, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 29,400 jobs, $78,940 annual median, 22.55 jobs per 1,000, and 1.04 location quotient.
4. New Hampshire has a Dental Assistants median of $59,530 per year, or $16,700 above Arkansas. BLS lists 1,600 jobs there, compared with 2,950 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 0.94.
5. Oregon has a Dental Assistants median of $59,490 per year, or $16,660 above Arkansas. BLS lists 5,930 jobs there, compared with 2,950 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 1.21.
6. Washington has a Dental Assistants median of $58,090 per year, or $15,260 above Arkansas. BLS lists 13,050 jobs there, compared with 2,950 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 1.47.
7. Massachusetts has a Dental Assistants median of $57,980 per year, or $15,150 above Arkansas. BLS lists 9,680 jobs there, compared with 2,950 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 1.07.
8. North Dakota has a Dental Assistants median of $57,770 per year, or $14,940 above Arkansas. BLS lists 860 jobs there, compared with 2,950 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 0.8.
4. New York has 19,800 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 16,850 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $48,110 per year, or $5,280 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 0.82.
5. Illinois has 13,740 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 10,790 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $48,610 per year, or $5,780 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 0.9.
6. Washington has 13,050 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 10,100 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $58,090 per year, or $15,260 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 1.47.
7. Ohio has 12,150 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 9,200 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $47,970 per year, or $5,140 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 0.88.
8. Pennsylvania has 12,080 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 9,130 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $47,930 per year, or $5,100 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 0.8.
4. Puerto Rico has a location quotient of 1.37, a gap of 0.46 from Arkansas. BLS lists 3,210 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $35,910 per year, or $6,920 below Arkansas.
5. Hawaii has a location quotient of 1.25, a gap of 0.34 from Arkansas. BLS lists 1,960 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $44,720 per year, or $1,890 above Arkansas.
6. Idaho has a location quotient of 1.25, a gap of 0.34 from Arkansas. BLS lists 2,680 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $45,880 per year, or $3,050 above Arkansas.
7. California has a location quotient of 1.24, a gap of 0.33 from Arkansas. BLS lists 56,220 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $50,110 per year, or $7,280 above Arkansas.
8. Oregon has a location quotient of 1.21, a gap of 0.30 from Arkansas. BLS lists 5,930 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $59,490 per year, or $16,660 above Arkansas.
4. Customer Service Representatives, SOC 43-4051, has a Arkansas median of $37,840 per year. BLS lists 20,680 jobs and a location quotient of 0.95.
5. Construction Laborers, SOC 47-2061, has a Arkansas median of $37,630 per year. BLS lists 10,650 jobs and a location quotient of 1.16.
6. Office Clerks, General, SOC 43-9061, has a Arkansas median of $37,050 per year. BLS lists 29,940 jobs and a location quotient of 1.45.
7. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, SOC 51-2090, has a Arkansas median of $36,990 per year. BLS lists 12,460 jobs and a location quotient of 1.06.
8. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, SOC 41-1011, has a Arkansas median of $36,950 per year. BLS lists 11,050 jobs and a location quotient of 1.17.
4. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 32,220 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 29,270 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $51,550 per year, or $8,720 above Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.86.
5. Office Clerks, General has 29,940 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 26,990 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $37,050 per year, or $5,780 below Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.45.
6. Registered Nurses has 29,400 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 26,450 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $78,940 per year, or $36,110 above Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.04.
7. Stockers and Order Fillers has 28,350 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 25,400 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $34,700 per year, or $8,130 below Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.19.
8. Cashiers has 28,270 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 25,320 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $27,670 per year, or $15,160 below Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.09.
4. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $59,660 per year in Arkansas, or $16,830 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 12,890 jobs, compared with 2,950 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.44.
5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $58,100 per year in Arkansas, or $15,270 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 13,630 jobs, compared with 2,950 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.13.
6. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a median of $56,620 per year in Arkansas, or $13,790 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 10,010 jobs, compared with 2,950 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.84.
7. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $55,120 per year in Arkansas, or $12,290 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 12,740 jobs, compared with 2,950 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.23.
8. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $52,700 per year in Arkansas, or $9,870 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 12,590 jobs, compared with 2,950 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.08.
3. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a location quotient of 1.84 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.93 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 10,010 jobs and a median of $56,620 per year, or $13,790 above Dental Assistants.
4. Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators has a location quotient of 1.67 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.76 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 10,850 jobs and a median of $43,780 per year, or $950 above Dental Assistants.
5. Office Clerks, General has a location quotient of 1.45 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.54 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 29,940 jobs and a median of $37,050 per year, or $5,780 below Dental Assistants.
6. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a location quotient of 1.44 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.53 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 12,890 jobs and a median of $59,660 per year, or $16,830 above Dental Assistants.
7. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 1.42 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.51 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 17,260 jobs and a median of $34,430 per year, or $8,400 below Dental Assistants.
8. Receptionists and Information Clerks has a location quotient of 1.42 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.51 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 10,870 jobs and a median of $34,840 per year, or $7,990 below Dental Assistants.
Precise employer-title matches for Dental Assistants in Arkansas
Filtered through MeritLog's approved Arkansas place record and a strict employer-title rule. Listings are not classified by BLS and remain separate from BLS and BEA estimates.
