SALARY · DENTAL ASSISTANTS · CALIFORNIA

Dental Assistants salary in California

Before you accept an offer, it helps to know what typical pay looks like where the job actually sits. For dental assistants in California, BLS put the median at $50,110 a year. The percentiles below show what the lower and upper parts of the field looked like.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$50,110

$24 per hour at the median · That is $2,040 (4.2 percent) above the national median of $48,070 for this occupation.

$54,710Mean annual salary
$26Mean hourly wage
$56,220People employed in this job in California

Salary range

25th: $46,270Median: $50,11075th: $60,670
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$46,270
Median (50th percentile)$50,110
75th percentile$60,670
Mean$54,710

The middle half of workers earned from $46,270 to $60,670 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$41,464 a year
$3,455 a month
Federal tax $3,833 · FICA $3,833 · State tax $980
Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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