Wages Dental Assistant in British Columbia

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 British Columbia.

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
British Columbia 18.00 26.00 34.07
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Cariboo Region 18.00 26.00 34.07
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Kootenay Region 18.00 26.00 34.07
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Lower Mainland–Southwest Region 18.00 25.00 30.00
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Nechako Region N/A N/A N/A
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North Coast Region N/A N/A N/A
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Northeast Region N/A N/A N/A
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Thompson–Okanagan Region 18.00 26.00 34.07
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Vancouver Island and Coast Region 23.00 28.00 57.69
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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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