Indiana was 1.2% above the U.S. median for Dental Assistants. It ranked 18 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 Indiana was 93.3, or 6.7% below the national price level. Its housing index was 73.9.
National-price-dollar proxy
$52,149
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 18.
Questions, answered
Dental Assistants pay in Indiana: common questions
What is the median wage for Dental Assistants in Indiana?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published a median of $48,670 per year for Dental Assistants in Indiana. This describes an occupation-area estimate, not a promised offer or an individual's pay.
Is Dental Assistants pay higher in Indiana than nationally?
Indiana's published median was 1.2% above the U.S. median for the same occupation and release.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Indiana?
No. The BLS wage is nominal. WageScope separately shows BEA's 2024 all-items Regional Price Parity of 93.3 and a transparent national-price-dollar proxy.
How many Dental Assistants jobs does BLS estimate in Indiana?
BLS published an employment estimate of 6,690 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
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The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Dental Assistants median in Indiana at $48,670 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 18.
BLS lists 6,690 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 $50,480 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Indiana's Dental Assistants median is 1.2% above 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 18. SOC 31-9091 names Dental Assistants. Area 18 names Indiana. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 31-9091/18 row reports 6,690 wage and salary jobs, 2.09 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 0.84 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 31-9091/18, the annual median is $48,670 per year, while the matching mean is $50,480 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
BLS area 18 facts behind this Dental Assistants page
Area 18 reports 3,201,220 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $60,840. Its annual median is $47,860. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.2%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 31-9091 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Indiana runs from $29,120 at the 10th percentile to $101,160 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $36,500. The median is $47,860. The 75th percentile is $72,000. 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 18. They do not show related skills or a path into Dental Assistants.
1. Area 18, SOC 53-7062, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 103,200 jobs, $41,340 annual median, 32.24 jobs per 1,000, and 1.7 location quotient.
2. Area 18, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 97,290 jobs, $28,790 annual median, 30.39 jobs per 1,000, and 1.23 location quotient.
3. Area 18, SOC 51-2090, Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators: 85,610 jobs, $45,550 annual median, 26.74 jobs per 1,000, and 2.96 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Indiana wage ladder for Dental Assistants
The 10th percentile is $36,880 per year. The 25th percentile is $45,860 per year. The median is $48,670 per year. The 75th percentile is $57,720 per year. The 90th percentile is $60,590 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 $45,860 per year to $57,720 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $23,710. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Indiana has a annual median of $48,670 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 Indiana. Indiana is 1.2% above 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.
Indiana ranks 18 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 18 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.
15. New Jersey has a Dental Assistants median of $49,390 per year, 9,990 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.93.
16. Arizona has a Dental Assistants median of $49,000 per year, 8,680 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.07.
17. Michigan has a Dental Assistants median of $48,820 per year, 11,990 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.09.
19. Maryland has a Dental Assistants median of $48,620 per year, 6,560 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.95.
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. Indiana sits at $48,670 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 $16,600 above Indiana. BLS lists 5,980 jobs there, compared with 6,690 in Indiana. The location quotient is 0.81.
2. District of Columbia has a Dental Assistants median of $60,580 per year, or $11,910 above Indiana. BLS lists 630 jobs there, compared with 6,690 in Indiana. The location quotient is 0.36.
3. Maine has a Dental Assistants median of $60,070 per year, or $11,400 above Indiana. BLS lists 1,550 jobs there, compared with 6,690 in Indiana. 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. Indiana has 6,690. 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 49,530 jobs from Indiana. Its median is $50,110 per year, or $1,440 above Indiana. Its location quotient is 1.24.
2. Texas has 33,230 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 26,540 jobs from Indiana. Its median is $45,430 per year, or $3,240 below Indiana. Its location quotient is 0.95.
3. Florida has 26,620 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 19,930 jobs from Indiana. Its median is $47,620 per year, or $1,050 below Indiana. 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. Indiana has 0.84. 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 0.70 from Indiana. BLS lists 6,640 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $37,760 per year, or $10,910 below Indiana.
2. Washington has a location quotient of 1.47, a gap of 0.63 from Indiana. BLS lists 13,050 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $58,090 per year, or $9,420 above Indiana.
3. Alaska has a location quotient of 1.4, a gap of 0.56 from Indiana. BLS lists 1,140 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $57,710 per year, or $9,040 above Indiana.
Job scale and share
How common Dental Assistants is in Indiana
BLS lists 6,690 Dental Assistants jobs in Indiana. It also lists 2.09 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 0.84. 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 Indiana is $47,860 per year. The Dental Assistants median is $48,670 per year. Dental Assistants is 1.7% above 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 Indiana. 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. Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers, SOC 51-9061, has a Indiana median of $47,900 per year. BLS lists 24,790 jobs and a location quotient of 2.02.
2. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Indiana median of $47,820 per year. BLS lists 29,910 jobs and a location quotient of 1.06.
3. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, SOC 41-1011, has a Indiana median of $47,790 per year. BLS lists 22,090 jobs and a location quotient of 0.96.
Area job mix
The largest detailed roles in Indiana
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Indiana table, at 103,200 jobs. Dental Assistants has 6,690 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 3,201,220. 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. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 103,200 jobs in Indiana, a gap of 96,510 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $41,340 per year, or $7,330 below Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.7.
2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 97,290 jobs in Indiana, a gap of 90,600 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $28,790 per year, or $19,880 below Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.23.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Indiana
General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Indiana role table, at $108,170 per year. Dental Assistants has $48,670 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $47,860 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. General and Operations Managers has a median of $108,170 per year in Indiana, or $59,500 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 47,180 jobs, compared with 6,690 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 0.65.
2. Registered Nurses has a median of $83,500 per year in Indiana, or $34,830 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 68,980 jobs, compared with 6,690 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 0.99.
3. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $77,720 per year in Indiana, or $29,050 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 25,660 jobs, compared with 6,690 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 0.86.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Indiana
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has the highest location quotient in the bounded Indiana role table, at 2.96. Dental Assistants has 0.84. 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. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 2.96 in Indiana, a gap of 2.12 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 85,610 jobs and a median of $45,550 per year, or $3,120 below Dental Assistants.
2. Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers has a location quotient of 2.02 in Indiana, a gap of 1.18 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 24,790 jobs and a median of $47,900 per year, or $770 below Dental Assistants.
3. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a location quotient of 1.94 in Indiana, a gap of 1.10 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 26,870 jobs and a median of $73,950 per year, or $25,280 above Dental Assistants.
Price-level view
What $48,670 may mean after the Indiana price level
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Indiana is 93.3. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 6.7% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
WageScope divides the $48,670 Dental Assistants median by 93.3 divided by 100. The result is $52,149 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 73.9. Goods are 95.5. Utilities are 85.5. Other services are 99.1. 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 4.5%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.5%. 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 6,690 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $50,480 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 Indiana 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 $48,670 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 Indiana 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 6,690 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.84 is not a growth score. Rank 18 of 53 is not a place score. The 93.3 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 18. 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 18, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 83,670 jobs, $31,530 annual median, 26.14 jobs per 1,000, and 1.04 location quotient.
5. Area 18, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 68,980 jobs, $83,500 annual median, 21.55 jobs per 1,000, and 0.99 location quotient.
6. Area 18, SOC 41-2011, Cashiers: 68,350 jobs, $29,670 annual median, 21.35 jobs per 1,000, and 1.07 location quotient.
4. New Hampshire has a Dental Assistants median of $59,530 per year, or $10,860 above Indiana. BLS lists 1,600 jobs there, compared with 6,690 in Indiana. The location quotient is 0.94.
5. Oregon has a Dental Assistants median of $59,490 per year, or $10,820 above Indiana. BLS lists 5,930 jobs there, compared with 6,690 in Indiana. The location quotient is 1.21.
6. Washington has a Dental Assistants median of $58,090 per year, or $9,420 above Indiana. BLS lists 13,050 jobs there, compared with 6,690 in Indiana. The location quotient is 1.47.
7. Massachusetts has a Dental Assistants median of $57,980 per year, or $9,310 above Indiana. BLS lists 9,680 jobs there, compared with 6,690 in Indiana. The location quotient is 1.07.
8. North Dakota has a Dental Assistants median of $57,770 per year, or $9,100 above Indiana. BLS lists 860 jobs there, compared with 6,690 in Indiana. The location quotient is 0.8.
4. New York has 19,800 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 13,110 jobs from Indiana. Its median is $48,110 per year, or $560 below Indiana. Its location quotient is 0.82.
5. Illinois has 13,740 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 7,050 jobs from Indiana. Its median is $48,610 per year, or $60 below Indiana. Its location quotient is 0.9.
6. Washington has 13,050 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 6,360 jobs from Indiana. Its median is $58,090 per year, or $9,420 above Indiana. Its location quotient is 1.47.
7. Ohio has 12,150 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 5,460 jobs from Indiana. Its median is $47,970 per year, or $700 below Indiana. Its location quotient is 0.88.
8. Pennsylvania has 12,080 estimated Dental Assistants jobs, a gap of 5,390 jobs from Indiana. Its median is $47,930 per year, or $740 below Indiana. Its location quotient is 0.8.
4. Puerto Rico has a location quotient of 1.37, a gap of 0.53 from Indiana. BLS lists 3,210 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $35,910 per year, or $12,760 below Indiana.
5. Hawaii has a location quotient of 1.25, a gap of 0.41 from Indiana. BLS lists 1,960 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $44,720 per year, or $3,950 below Indiana.
6. Idaho has a location quotient of 1.25, a gap of 0.41 from Indiana. BLS lists 2,680 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $45,880 per year, or $2,790 below Indiana.
7. California has a location quotient of 1.24, a gap of 0.40 from Indiana. BLS lists 56,220 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $50,110 per year, or $1,440 above Indiana.
8. Oregon has a location quotient of 1.21, a gap of 0.37 from Indiana. BLS lists 5,930 Dental Assistants jobs and a median of $59,490 per year, or $10,820 above Indiana.
4. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Indiana median of $49,890 per year. BLS lists 34,480 jobs and a location quotient of 1.1.
5. Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks, SOC 43-5071, has a Indiana median of $47,320 per year. BLS lists 27,600 jobs and a location quotient of 1.64.
6. Construction Laborers, SOC 47-2061, has a Indiana median of $50,070 per year. BLS lists 28,600 jobs and a location quotient of 1.27.
7. Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators, SOC 53-7051, has a Indiana median of $45,650 per year. BLS lists 23,090 jobs and a location quotient of 1.45.
8. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, SOC 51-2090, has a Indiana median of $45,550 per year. BLS lists 85,610 jobs and a location quotient of 2.96.
3. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has 85,610 jobs in Indiana, a gap of 78,920 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $45,550 per year, or $3,120 below Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 2.96.
4. Retail Salespersons has 83,670 jobs in Indiana, a gap of 76,980 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $31,530 per year, or $17,140 below Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.04.
5. Registered Nurses has 68,980 jobs in Indiana, a gap of 62,290 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $83,500 per year, or $34,830 above Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 0.99.
6. Cashiers has 68,350 jobs in Indiana, a gap of 61,660 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $29,670 per year, or $19,000 below Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.07.
7. Stockers and Order Fillers has 66,420 jobs in Indiana, a gap of 59,730 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $36,250 per year, or $12,420 below Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.14.
8. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 59,090 jobs in Indiana, a gap of 52,400 from Dental Assistants. Its median is $60,290 per year, or $11,620 above Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.39.
4. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a median of $73,950 per year in Indiana, or $25,280 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 26,870 jobs, compared with 6,690 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.94.
5. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $71,330 per year in Indiana, or $22,660 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 32,350 jobs, compared with 6,690 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.27.
6. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has a median of $63,960 per year in Indiana, or $15,290 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 21,950 jobs, compared with 6,690 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 0.85.
7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $60,290 per year in Indiana, or $11,620 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 59,090 jobs, compared with 6,690 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 1.39.
8. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $59,700 per year in Indiana, or $11,030 above Dental Assistants. BLS lists 27,720 jobs, compared with 6,690 for Dental Assistants. Its location quotient is 0.97.
4. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has a location quotient of 1.7 in Indiana, a gap of 0.86 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 103,200 jobs and a median of $41,340 per year, or $7,330 below Dental Assistants.
5. Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks has a location quotient of 1.64 in Indiana, a gap of 0.80 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 27,600 jobs and a median of $47,320 per year, or $1,350 below Dental Assistants.
6. Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators has a location quotient of 1.45 in Indiana, a gap of 0.61 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 23,090 jobs and a median of $45,650 per year, or $3,020 below Dental Assistants.
7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.39 in Indiana, a gap of 0.55 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 59,090 jobs and a median of $60,290 per year, or $11,620 above Dental Assistants.
8. Construction Laborers has a location quotient of 1.27 in Indiana, a gap of 0.43 from Dental Assistants. BLS lists 28,600 jobs and a median of $50,070 per year, or $1,400 above Dental Assistants.
Precise employer-title matches for Dental Assistants in Indiana
Filtered through MeritLog's approved Indiana place record and a strict employer-title rule. Listings are not classified by BLS and remain separate from BLS and BEA estimates.
