Wages Dental Assistant in Alberta

National Occupational Classification update

We have updated this page to reflect the transition to the 2021 version of the National Occupational Classification (NOC). This means that the occupation "dental assistant" was moved from the group Dental assistants (NOC 3411) to the group Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants (NOC 33100).

Find out how much people working as a "dental assistant" earned last year in Alberta.

Prevailing wages

Note that these wages were updated on November 16th, 2022 based on the 2016 version of the NOC. Learn more about our methodology.

Hourly wages by community/area
Community/Area Low ($/hour) Median ($/hour) High ($/hour) Note
Alberta 22.50 30.00 36.00
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Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River Region 22.50 30.00 36.00
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Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House Region N/A N/A N/A
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Calgary Region 22.50 30.00 36.00
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Camrose–Drumheller Region 22.50 30.00 36.00
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Edmonton Region 23.00 30.00 35.50
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Lethbridge–Medicine Hat Region 22.50 29.00 30.00
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Red Deer Region 22.50 30.00 36.00
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Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake Region 17.00 31.00 43.00
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Canada 19.00 24.73 33.00
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Wage methodology

Labour Market Information Survey
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