BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Columbia, MO was 89.4, or 10.6% below the national price level. Its housing index was 69.2.
National-price-dollar proxy
$52,461
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 17860.
Questions, answered
Dental Assistants pay in Columbia, MO: common questions
What is the median wage for Dental Assistants in Columbia, MO?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published a median of $46,920 per year for Dental Assistants in Columbia, MO. This describes an occupation-area estimate, not a promised offer or an individual's pay.
Is Dental Assistants pay higher in Columbia, MO than nationally?
Columbia, MO's published median was 2.4% below the U.S. median for the same occupation and release.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Columbia, MO?
No. The BLS wage is nominal. WageScope separately shows BEA's 2024 all-items Regional Price Parity of 89.4 and a transparent national-price-dollar proxy.
How many Dental Assistants jobs does BLS estimate in Columbia, MO?
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Columbia, MO was 2.4% below the U.S. median for Dental Assistants. It ranked 193 of 388 metro areas with a published annual median. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
What the Dental Assistants median says in Columbia, MO
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Dental Assistants median in Columbia, MO at $46,920 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 17860.
BLS lists 220 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 $45,860 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Columbia, MO's Dental Assistants median is 2.4% 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 17860. SOC 31-9091 names Dental Assistants. Area 17860 names Columbia, MO. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 31-9091/17860 row reports 220 wage and salary jobs, 2.05 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 0.82 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 31-9091/17860, the annual median is $46,920 per year, while the matching mean is $45,860 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
BLS area 17860 facts behind this Dental Assistants page
Area 17860 reports 107,680 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $61,380. Its annual median is $47,260. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.5%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 31-9091 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Columbia, MO runs from $29,260 at the 10th percentile to $102,160 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $35,710. The median is $47,260. The 75th percentile is $71,580. 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 17860. They do not show related skills or a path into Dental Assistants.
1. Area 17860, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 3,680 jobs, $84,330 annual median, 34.22 jobs per 1,000, and 1.57 location quotient.
2. Area 17860, SOC 11-1021, General and Operations Managers: 3,440 jobs, $75,410 annual median, 31.96 jobs per 1,000, and 1.42 location quotient.
3. Area 17860, SOC 31-1120, Home Health and Personal Care Aides: 3,000 jobs, $36,860 annual median, 27.88 jobs per 1,000, and 1.01 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Columbia, MO wage ladder for Dental Assistants
The 10th percentile is $34,990 per year. The 25th percentile is $38,940 per year. The median is $46,920 per year. The 75th percentile is $48,280 per year. The 90th percentile is $57,550 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 $38,940 per year to $48,280 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $22,560. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Columbia, MO has a annual median of $46,920 per year. Missouri has $45,970 per year. The U.S. row has $48,070 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
Columbia, MO is 2.1% above Missouri on the same published median. Columbia, MO is 2.4% 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.
Columbia, MO ranks 193 of 388 among metro areas 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 193 of 388 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.
190. Glens Falls, NY has a Dental Assistants median of $47,070 per year, 110 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.87.
191. Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ has a Dental Assistants median of $47,070 per year, 370 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 2.62.
192. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR has a Dental Assistants median of $47,050 per year, 680 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.
194. Kalamazoo-Portage, MI has a Dental Assistants median of $46,920 per year, 280 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.92.
Pay leaders
Where Dental Assistants medians lead among metro areas
The rows below use the same SOC 31-9091, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has the highest published median in this set, at $74,600 per year. Columbia, MO sits at $46,920 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. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Dental Assistants median of $74,600 per year, or $27,680 above Columbia, MO. BLS lists 2,870 jobs there, compared with 220 in Columbia, MO. The location quotient is 1.01.
2. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI has a Dental Assistants median of $72,370 per year, or $25,450 above Columbia, MO. BLS lists 3,910 jobs there, compared with 220 in Columbia, MO. The location quotient is 0.8.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Dental Assistants jobs
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has the largest published metro job estimate for Dental Assistants in this same-source set, at 21,090 jobs. Columbia, MO has 220. 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. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 21,090 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 20,870 jobs from Columbia, MO. Its median is $46,900 per year, or $20 below Columbia, MO. Its location quotient is 1.35.
2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 20,870 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 20,650 jobs from Columbia, MO. Its median is $48,430 per year, or $1,510 above Columbia, MO. Its location quotient is 0.88.
Local-share leaders
Where Dental Assistants takes the largest share of local jobs
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 2.62. Columbia, MO has 0.82. 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. Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ has a location quotient of 2.62, a gap of 1.80 from Columbia, MO. BLS lists 370 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $47,070 per year, or $150 above Columbia, MO.
2. Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT has a location quotient of 2.16, a gap of 1.34 from Columbia, MO. BLS lists 1,640 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $36,580 per year, or $10,340 below Columbia, MO.
3. St. George, UT has a location quotient of 2.02, a gap of 1.20 from Columbia, MO. BLS lists 460 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $36,350 per year, or $10,570 below Columbia, MO.
Job scale and share
How common Dental Assistants is in Columbia, MO
BLS lists 220 Dental Assistants jobs in Columbia, MO. It also lists 2.05 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 0.82. 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.
Dental Assistants beside other roles in Columbia, MO
The all-occupations median in Columbia, MO is $47,260 per year. The Dental Assistants median is $46,920 per year. Dental Assistants is 0.7% 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 Columbia, MO. 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. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education, SOC 25-2021, has a Columbia, MO median of $47,920 per year. BLS lists 840 jobs and a location quotient of 0.88.
2. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Columbia, MO median of $45,870 per year. BLS lists 1,290 jobs and a location quotient of 1.22.
3. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Columbia, MO median of $48,920 per year. BLS lists 880 jobs and a location quotient of 0.92.
Area job mix
The largest detailed roles in Columbia, MO
Registered Nurses is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Columbia, MO table, at 3,680 jobs. Dental Assistants has 220 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 107,680. 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. Registered Nurses has 3,680 jobs in Columbia, MO, a gap of 3,460 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $84,330 per year, or $37,410 above Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.57.
2. General and Operations Managers has 3,440 jobs in Columbia, MO, a gap of 3,220 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $75,410 per year, or $28,490 above Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.42.
3. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 3,000 jobs in Columbia, MO, a gap of 2,780 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $36,860 per year, or $10,060 below Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.01.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Columbia, MO
Registered Nurses has the highest published median in the bounded Columbia, MO role table, at $84,330 per year. Dental Assistants has $46,920 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $47,260 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 $84,330 per year in Columbia, MO, or $37,410 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 3,680 jobs, compared with 220 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.57.
2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $75,410 per year in Columbia, MO, or $28,490 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 3,440 jobs, compared with 220 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.42.
3. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $73,070 per year in Columbia, MO, or $26,150 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 930 jobs, compared with 220 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 0.92.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Columbia, MO
Family Medicine Physicians has the highest location quotient in the bounded Columbia, MO role table, at 9.93. Dental Assistants has 0.82. 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. Family Medicine Physicians has a location quotient of 9.93 in Columbia, MO, a gap of 9.11 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 740 jobs and a median of $69,590 per year, or $22,670 above Dental Assistants.
2. Cooks, Fast Food has a location quotient of 5.57 in Columbia, MO, a gap of 4.75 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 2,470 jobs and a median of $29,110 per year, or $17,810 below Dental Assistants.
3. Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors has a location quotient of 2.86 in Columbia, MO, a gap of 2.04 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 700 jobs and a median of $51,260 per year, or $4,340 above Dental Assistants.
Price-level view
What $46,920 may mean after the Columbia, MO price level
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Columbia, MO is 89.4. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 10.6% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
WageScope divides the $46,920 Dental Assistants median by 89.4 divided by 100. The result is $52,461 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 69.2. Goods are 94.2. Utilities are 86.0. Other services are 93.0. 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 9%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.7%. 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 220 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $45,860 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 Columbia, MO 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 $46,920 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 Columbia, MO 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 220 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.82 is not a growth score. Rank 193 of 388 is not a place score. The 89.4 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 17860. 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.
BLS published an employment estimate of 220 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
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 17860, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 2,610 jobs, $31,390 annual median, 24.21 jobs per 1,000, and 0.97 location quotient.
5. Area 17860, SOC 35-2011, Cooks, Fast Food: 2,470 jobs, $29,110 annual median, 22.97 jobs per 1,000, and 5.57 location quotient.
6. Area 17860, SOC 41-2011, Cashiers: 2,340 jobs, $29,910 annual median, 21.7 jobs per 1,000, and 1.09 location quotient.
3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Dental Assistants median of $64,390 per year, or $17,470 above Columbia, MO. BLS lists 7,530 jobs there, compared with 220 in Columbia, MO. The location quotient is 1.27.
4. Rochester, MN has a Dental Assistants median of $63,450 per year, or $16,530 above Columbia, MO. BLS lists 320 jobs there, compared with 220 in Columbia, MO. The location quotient is 1.05.
5. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a Dental Assistants median of $62,040 per year, or $15,120 above Columbia, MO. BLS lists 7,100 jobs there, compared with 220 in Columbia, MO. The location quotient is 1.37.
6. Portland-South Portland, ME has a Dental Assistants median of $61,240 per year, or $14,320 above Columbia, MO. BLS lists 830 jobs there, compared with 220 in Columbia, MO. The location quotient is 1.16.
7. Mankato, MN has a Dental Assistants median of $61,010 per year, or $14,090 above Columbia, MO. BLS lists 120 jobs there, compared with 220 in Columbia, MO. The location quotient is 0.88.
8. St. Cloud, MN has a Dental Assistants median of $61,000 per year, or $14,080 above Columbia, MO. BLS lists 270 jobs there, compared with 220 in Columbia, MO. The location quotient is 1.04.
3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 10,490 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 10,270 jobs from Columbia, MO. Its median is $48,950 per year, or $2,030 above Columbia, MO. Its location quotient is 0.93.
4. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 9,180 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 8,960 jobs from Columbia, MO. Its median is $47,860 per year, or $940 above Columbia, MO. Its location quotient is 1.31.
5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 9,010 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 8,790 jobs from Columbia, MO. Its median is $47,570 per year, or $650 above Columbia, MO. Its location quotient is 0.89.
6. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has 8,440 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 8,220 jobs from Columbia, MO. Its median is $47,540 per year, or $620 above Columbia, MO. Its location quotient is 1.08.
7. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 8,150 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 7,930 jobs from Columbia, MO. Its median is $43,730 per year, or $3,190 below Columbia, MO. Its location quotient is 0.99.
8. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has 7,530 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 7,310 jobs from Columbia, MO. Its median is $64,390 per year, or $17,470 above Columbia, MO. Its location quotient is 1.27.
4. Yakima, WA has a location quotient of 2, a gap of 1.18 from Columbia, MO. BLS lists 480 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $46,670 per year, or $250 below Columbia, MO.
5. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA has a location quotient of 1.99, a gap of 1.17 from Columbia, MO. BLS lists 470 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $49,800 per year, or $2,880 above Columbia, MO.
6. Arecibo, PR has a location quotient of 1.91, a gap of 1.09 from Columbia, MO. BLS lists 170 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $35,100 per year, or $11,820 below Columbia, MO.
7. Yuba City, CA has a location quotient of 1.88, a gap of 1.06 from Columbia, MO. BLS lists 240 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $50,030 per year, or $3,110 above Columbia, MO.
8. Sherman-Denison, TX has a location quotient of 1.86, a gap of 1.04 from Columbia, MO. BLS lists 240 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $46,040 per year, or $880 below Columbia, MO.
4. Office Clerks, General, SOC 43-9061, has a Columbia, MO median of $44,730 per year. BLS lists 2,330 jobs and a location quotient of 1.37.
5. Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors, SOC 21-1012, has a Columbia, MO median of $51,260 per year. BLS lists 700 jobs and a location quotient of 2.86.
6. Nursing Assistants, SOC 31-1131, has a Columbia, MO median of $41,290 per year. BLS lists 2,040 jobs and a location quotient of 2.03.
7. Customer Service Representatives, SOC 43-4051, has a Columbia, MO median of $41,210 per year. BLS lists 1,870 jobs and a location quotient of 1.04.
8. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3032, has a Columbia, MO median of $52,820 per year. BLS lists 850 jobs and a location quotient of 0.59.
4. Retail Salespersons has 2,610 jobs in Columbia, MO, a gap of 2,390 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $31,390 per year, or $15,530 below Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 0.97.
5. Cooks, Fast Food has 2,470 jobs in Columbia, MO, a gap of 2,250 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $29,110 per year, or $17,810 below Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 5.57.
6. Cashiers has 2,340 jobs in Columbia, MO, a gap of 2,120 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $29,910 per year, or $17,010 below Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.09.
7. Office Clerks, General has 2,330 jobs in Columbia, MO, a gap of 2,110 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $44,730 per year, or $2,190 below Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.37.
8. Waiters and Waitresses has 2,120 jobs in Columbia, MO, a gap of 1,900 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $29,250 per year, or $17,670 below Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.35.
4. Family Medicine Physicians has a median of $69,590 per year in Columbia, MO, or $22,670 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 740 jobs, compared with 220 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 9.93.
5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $61,670 per year in Columbia, MO, or $14,750 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 930 jobs, compared with 220 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 0.93.
6. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a median of $61,670 per year in Columbia, MO, or $14,750 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 800 jobs, compared with 220 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.77.
7. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a median of $61,600 per year in Columbia, MO, or $14,680 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 990 jobs, compared with 220 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.31.
8. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $58,720 per year in Columbia, MO, or $11,800 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 950 jobs, compared with 220 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.29.
4. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 2.03 in Columbia, MO, a gap of 1.21 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 2,040 jobs and a median of $41,290 per year, or $5,630 below Dental Assistants.
5. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a location quotient of 1.77 in Columbia, MO, a gap of 0.95 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 800 jobs and a median of $61,670 per year, or $14,750 above Dental Assistants.
6. Registered Nurses has a location quotient of 1.57 in Columbia, MO, a gap of 0.75 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 3,680 jobs and a median of $84,330 per year, or $37,410 above Dental Assistants.
7. General and Operations Managers has a location quotient of 1.42 in Columbia, MO, a gap of 0.60 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 3,440 jobs and a median of $75,410 per year, or $28,490 above Dental Assistants.
8. Office Clerks, General has a location quotient of 1.37 in Columbia, MO, a gap of 0.55 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 2,330 jobs and a median of $44,730 per year, or $2,190 below Dental Assistants.
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