# Dental Assistants

US SOC code 31-9091. Markdown version of https://futurehistory.earth/timeline/31-9091

Also called: Chairside dental assistant, Registered dental assistant, Certified dental assistant, Expanded duty dental assistant, EDDA.

## In brief

In May 2025, [BLS](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25nat.zip) counted **387,790** US dental assistants, with median pay of **$48,070** a year. Of the BLS counts since 2021, the May 2025 count is the highest. The earliest figure here is [an estimate](https://www.adaausa.org/ADAA/About_ADAA/ADAA/About_ADAA/About_ADAA.aspx) of **60,000** from 1960, not measured the same way as today's count. The last full technology era for dental assistants: Dental practice management software + CBCT 3D imaging, 2005 to 2022.

## What the sources say

### Official outlook

BLS projects employment to grow 7.4% from 2025 to 2035. Source: [BLS Employment Projections 2025-35](https://data.bls.gov/projections/nationalMatrix?queryParams=31-9091&ioType=o).

### AI exposure studies

- **10%** of this job's tasks are exposed to large language models. Not a forecast of job losses. [Eloundou and others, 2023](https://github.com/openai/GPTs-are-GPTs/blob/main/data/occ_level.csv)
- **0.51** estimated probability that the whole occupation could be computerised, over an unspecified number of years. Not a forecast of job losses. [Frey and Osborne, 2013](https://oms-www.files.svdcdn.com/production/downloads/academic/The_Future_of_Employment.pdf)

### Since the 2013 prediction

In 2013, Frey and Osborne put this job's probability of computerisation at 0.51. BLS counted **309,540** of these jobs in May 2013 and **387,790** in May 2025. The count moved sharply in one step, May 2020 to May 2021, when BLS changed how it estimates these counts, so no change is derived here.

Data as of BLS OEWS May 2025; BLS Employment Projections 2025-35. BLS publishes these counts as yearly survey snapshots and cautions against reading them as a precise trend. In May 2021 BLS changed how it estimates these counts (a model-based method using three years of survey data) and moved fully to the 2018 occupation codes, so part of a change across 2021 can come from the method rather than the work.

## Dental Assistants employment and pay by year

- On record since: 1885
- Latest US employment: 387,790 (May 2025). Source: BLS OEWS May 2025 [4]
- Latest US median pay: $48,070 (May 2025). Source: BLS OEWS May 2025 [13]
- Outlook: +7.4% by 2035. Source: BLS Employment Projections 2025-35 [31]

### In other countries

The latest figure each country's statistics agency publishes for this job. Each uses its own occupation definition, survey basis and currency, so the numbers are not directly comparable with each other or with the US figures.

- **Canada** (NOC 33100)
  - Employment, 2020: 36,555. Source: Statistics Canada Census 2021 [5]. Statistics Canada Census of Population 2021: number of persons with employment income in NOC 33100 Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants, Canada, reference year 2020. A recipients basis (anyone with employment income during the year), slightly broader than a point-in-time employed count. Statistics Canada Open Licence.
  - Median pay, 2020: C$39,200. Source: Statistics Canada Census 2021 [14]. Statistics Canada Census of Population 2021 (Table 98-10-0586): median employment income for NOC 33100 Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants, Canada, reference year 2020, full-year full-time workers (the basis comparable to the US OEWS full-time median). Statistics Canada Open Licence.
- **United Kingdom** (UK SOC 6133)
  - Employment, 2025: 53,000. Source: ONS ASHE 2025 [9]. ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Table 14): employee jobs in SOC 6133 Dental nurses, United Kingdom, 2025 (ASHE "number of jobs", thousands x1000; excludes self-employment). Open Government Licence v3.0.
  - Median pay, 2025: £22,615. Source: ONS ASHE 2025 [18]. ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Table 14.7a): median gross annual pay for all employee jobs in SOC 6133 Dental nurses, United Kingdom, 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Australia** (ANZSCO 4232)
  - Employment, 2025: 30,900. Source: ABS Labour Force Survey [10]. ABS Labour Force Survey (Detailed), table EQ08: employed persons in ANZSCO 4232 Dental Assistants, national (summed across sex and state/territory), annual average of 4 quarterly estimates.
  - Median pay, 2025: A$62,972. Source: ABS Employee Earnings May 2025 [19]. Annualised (x52) from A$1,211 median weekly earnings. ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025: median pay for full-time non-managerial employees paid at the adult rate, before tax. Surfaced via the Jobs and Skills Australia occupation profile.

### All 26 years of cited US data

| Year | US employment | Annual pay (median unless marked) | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1960 | 60,000 (estimate) | n/a | Est., American Dental Assistants Association [1] |
| 1980 | 152,000 (estimate) | $9,500 (estimate) | Est., BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook [2] |
| 2000 | 250,870 | $25,970 | BLS OEWS 2000 [3] |
| 2003 | 272,030 | $27,700 | BLS OEWS May 2003 [4] |
| 2004 | 264,820 | $28,330 | BLS OEWS May 2004 [4] |
| 2005 | 270,720 | $29,520 | BLS OEWS May 2005 [4] |
| 2006 | 277,040 | $30,220 | BLS OEWS May 2006 [4] |
| 2007 | 283,680 | $31,550 | BLS OEWS May 2007 [4] |
| 2008 | 293,090 | $32,380 | BLS OEWS May 2008 [4] |
| 2009 | 294,020 | $33,230 | BLS OEWS May 2009 [4] |
| 2010 | 294,030 | $33,470 | BLS OEWS May 2010 [4] |
| 2011 | 296,810 | $34,140 | BLS OEWS May 2011 [4] |
| 2012 | 300,160 | $34,500 | BLS OEWS May 2012 [4] |
| 2013 | 309,540 | $34,900 | BLS OEWS May 2013 [4] |
| 2014 | 314,330 | $35,390 | BLS OEWS May 2014 [4] |
| 2015 | 323,110 | $35,980 | BLS OEWS May 2015 [4] |
| 2016 | 327,290 | $36,940 | BLS OEWS May 2016 [4] |
| 2017 | 337,160 | $37,630 | BLS OEWS May 2017 [4] |
| 2018 | 341,060 | $38,660 | BLS OEWS May 2018 [4] |
| 2019 | 351,470 | $40,080 | BLS OEWS May 2019 [4] |
| 2020 | 312,140 | $41,180 | BLS OEWS May 2020 (employment) [4]; BLS OEWS 2020 (pay) [11] |
| 2021 | 347,170 | $38,660 | BLS OEWS May 2021 [4] |
| 2022 | 363,880 | $44,820 | BLS OEWS May 2022 [4] |
| 2023 | 370,690 | $46,540 | BLS OEWS May 2023 [4] |
| 2024 | 375,430 | $47,300 | BLS OEWS May 2024 [4] |
| 2025 | 387,790 | $48,070 | BLS OEWS May 2025 [4] |

## Sources (105)

### Employment series

1. [American Dental Assistants Association — ADAA history and founding (1924); historical membership context](https://www.adaausa.org/ADAA/About_ADAA/ADAA/About_ADAA/About_ADAA.aspx), American Dental Assistants Association
2. [BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook — Dental Assistants (historical employment context, 1980s)](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/dental-assistants.htm), Bureau of Labor Statistics
3. [BLS OES 2000 national estimates (flat file)](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oes00nat.zip), Bureau of Labor Statistics
4. BLS OEWS, national cross-industry estimates (flat file), Bureau of Labor Statistics. Editions: [2003](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm03nat.zip), [2004](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm04nat.zip), [2005](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm05nat.zip), [2006](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm06nat.zip), [2007](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm07nat.zip), [2008](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm08nat.zip), [2009](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm09nat.zip), [2010](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm10nat.zip), [2011](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm11nat.zip), [2012](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm12nat.zip), [2013](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm13nat.zip), [2014](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm14nat.zip), [2015](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm15nat.zip), [2016](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm16nat.zip), [2017](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm17nat.zip), [2018](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm18nat.zip), [2019](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm19nat.zip), [2020](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm20nat.zip), [2021](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm21nat.zip), [2022](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm22nat.zip), [2023](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm23nat.zip), [2024](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm24nat.zip), [2025](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25nat.zip)
5. [Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021, Table 98-10-0586 (Employment income statistics by occupation unit group, NOC 2021), income reference year 2020](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810058601), Statistics Canada
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7. ONS: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Table 14.7a (Annual pay - Gross), 4-digit SOC 6143, United Kingdom. Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Table 14. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0., Office for National Statistics. Editions: [2011](https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/occupation4digitsoc2010ashetable14/2011revisedbasedonsoc2010/2011-revised-table-14.zip), [2015](https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/occupation4digitsoc2010ashetable14/2015/table142015revised.zip), [2020](https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/occupation4digitsoc2010ashetable14/2020revised/table142020revised.zip)
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9. [ONS: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Table 14.7a (Annual pay - Gross), 4-digit SOC 6133, United Kingdom, 2025. Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Table 14. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.](https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/occupation4digitsoc2010ashetable14/2025provisional/ashetable142025provisional.zip), Office for National Statistics
10. [ABS: Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, table EQ08 (Employed persons by Occupation unit group, ANZSCO 2013), latest release](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/labour-force-australia-detailed/latest-release), Australian Bureau of Statistics

### Wage series

11. [BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook — Dental Assistants (1980-81 edition wage context); inflation adjustment via BLS CPI-U calculator](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/dental-assistants.htm), Bureau of Labor Statistics
12. [BLS OES 2000 national estimates (flat file)](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oes00nat.zip), Bureau of Labor Statistics
13. BLS OEWS, national cross-industry estimates (flat file), Bureau of Labor Statistics. Editions: [2003](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm03nat.zip), [2004](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm04nat.zip), [2005](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm05nat.zip), [2006](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm06nat.zip), [2007](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm07nat.zip), [2008](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm08nat.zip), [2009](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm09nat.zip), [2010](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm10nat.zip), [2011](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm11nat.zip), [2012](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm12nat.zip), [2013](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm13nat.zip), [2014](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm14nat.zip), [2015](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm15nat.zip), [2016](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm16nat.zip), [2017](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm17nat.zip), [2018](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm18nat.zip), [2019](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm19nat.zip), [2021](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm21nat.zip), [2022](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm22nat.zip), [2023](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm23nat.zip), [2024](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm24nat.zip), [2025](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25nat.zip)
14. [Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021, Table 98-10-0586 (Employment income statistics by occupation unit group, NOC 2021), income reference year 2020](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810058601), Statistics Canada
15. ONS: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Table 14.7a (Annual pay - Gross), 4-digit SOC 6113, United Kingdom. Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Table 14. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0., Office for National Statistics. Editions: [2002](https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/occupation4digitsoc2010ashetable14/2002/2002-table-14.zip), [2006](https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/occupation4digitsoc2010ashetable14/2006consistentw_007methodology/2006-table-14.zip), [2010](https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/occupation4digitsoc2010ashetable14/2010revised/2010-revised-table-14.zip)
16. ONS: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Table 14.7a (Annual pay - Gross), 4-digit SOC 6143, United Kingdom. Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Table 14. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0., Office for National Statistics. Editions: [2011](https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/occupation4digitsoc2010ashetable14/2011revisedbasedonsoc2010/2011-revised-table-14.zip), [2015](https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/occupation4digitsoc2010ashetable14/2015/table142015revised.zip), [2020](https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/occupation4digitsoc2010ashetable14/2020revised/table142020revised.zip)
17. [ONS: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Table 14.7a (Annual pay - Gross), 4-digit SOC 6133, United Kingdom, 2022. Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Table 14. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.](https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/occupation4digitsoc2010ashetable14/2022revised/ashetable142022revised.zip), Office for National Statistics
18. [ONS: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Table 14.7a (Annual pay - Gross), 4-digit SOC 6133, United Kingdom, 2025. Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Table 14. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.](https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/occupation4digitsoc2010ashetable14/2025provisional/ashetable142025provisional.zip), Office for National Statistics
19. [Jobs and Skills Australia: Dental Assistants (ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025)](https://www.jobsandskills.gov.au/data/occupation-and-industry-profiles/occupations/4232-dental-assistants), Jobs and Skills Australia / Australian Bureau of Statistics

### Tool eras

20. [American Dental Assistants Association — ADAA history (Edmund Kells 1885, first dental assistant)](https://www.adaausa.org/ADAA/About_ADAA/ADAA/About_ADAA/About_ADAA.aspx), American Dental Assistants Association
21. [Journal of Dental Research — H. Raper "Intraoral radiography" (bitewing technique, 1925)](https://journals.sagepub.com/home/jdr), International Association for Dental Research
22. [Dental Assisting National Board — DANB history and CDA credential (established 1948)](https://www.danb.org/about-danb/), Dental Assisting National Board
23. [Journal of the American Dental Association — "High-Speed Handpiece Development" (air turbine commercialization, 1957-1960s adoption)](https://jada.ada.org/), American Dental Association
24. [CDC — Infection Prevention and Control in Dental Settings (infection prevention practices, sterilization and disinfection standards)](https://www.cdc.gov/dental-infection-control/hcp/index.html), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
25. [ADA Library — Dental Radiographs / X-Rays (digital era began 1988 with RVG radio/visio/graphy; Trophy Radiologie RVG system history)](https://www.ada.org/resources/ada-library/oral-health-topics/x-rays-radiographs), American Dental Association
26. [OSHA — Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (29 CFR 1910.1030, effective March 6, 1992)](https://www.osha.gov/bloodborne-pathogens), Occupational Safety and Health Administration
27. [Henry Schein One — Dentrix dental practice management software history and product overview](https://www.dentrix.com/about/), Henry Schein One / Dentrix
28. [FDA — Dental Cone-beam Computed Tomography (CBCT for dental use: radiation guidance, patient information, resources for manufacturers)](https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products/medical-x-ray-imaging/dental-cone-beam-computed-tomography), US Food and Drug Administration
29. [Pearl — Second Opinion FDA 510(k) clearance (February 2022); Pearl practice deployment statistics](https://hellopearl.com/), Pearl Inc.
30. [Overjet — FDA 510(k) clearance announcement (March 2022); AI dental radiograph analysis product overview](https://www.overjet.com/), Overjet Inc.

### Forecasts and exposure studies

31. [BLS Employment Projections 2025-35, National Employment Matrix: 31-9091 Dental assistants (2025: 388.6 thousand; 2035: 417.4 thousand; +7.4%)](https://data.bls.gov/projections/nationalMatrix?queryParams=31-9091&ioType=o), Bureau of Labor Statistics
32. [Frey & Osborne (2013), "The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerisation?", Appendix (SOC 31-9091 Dental Assistants: probability 0.51, rank 303 of 702)](https://oms-www.files.svdcdn.com/production/downloads/academic/The_Future_of_Employment.pdf), Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
33. [Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), "GPTs are GPTs", occupation-level exposure data occ\_level.csv (O\*NET-SOC 31-9091.00, human-rated β 0.1)](https://github.com/openai/GPTs-are-GPTs/blob/main/data/occ_level.csv), OpenAI

### Historical notes

34. [American Dental Assistants Association — ADAA history: Edmund Kells and the first dental assistant (1885)](https://www.adaausa.org/ADAA/About_ADAA/ADAA/About_ADAA/About_ADAA.aspx), American Dental Assistants Association
35. [Dental Assisting National Board — DANB history and CDA credential establishment (1948)](https://www.danb.org/about-danb/), Dental Assisting National Board
36. [ADA Library — Dental Radiographs / X-Rays (digital era began 1988 with RVG radio/visio/graphy; Trophy Radiologie RVG system, US adoption trajectory)](https://www.ada.org/resources/ada-library/oral-health-topics/x-rays-radiographs), American Dental Association
37. [HRSA — Oral Health Workforce report: dental therapist state licensure expansion (Minnesota 2009, 12+ states by 2024)](https://bhw.hrsa.gov/data-research/projecting-health-workforce-supply-demand), Health Resources and Services Administration
38. [Pearl — Second Opinion FDA 510(k) clearance (February 2022) and practice deployment data](https://hellopearl.com/), Pearl Inc.
39. [BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook — Dental Assistants (2024 data: +8% 2024-34 projection; AI imaging market context)](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/dental-assistants.htm), Bureau of Labor Statistics

### Predecessors & successors

40. [American Dental Assistants Association — ADAA founding (1924) and early membership demographics](https://www.adaausa.org/ADAA/About_ADAA/ADAA/About_ADAA/About_ADAA.aspx), American Dental Assistants Association
41. [BLS OOH — "Dental Hygienists" (career path from dental assisting; associate degree entry)](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/dental-hygienists.htm), Bureau of Labor Statistics

### Present-day analysis

- [BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook — Dental Assistants (2024-2034, 6% growth)](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/dental-assistants.htm), accessed 2026-06-03
- [O\*NET 30.3 — Dental Assistants (31-9091.00)](https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/31-9091.00), accessed 2026-06-03
- [Eloundou et al. 2024 — GPTs are GPTs (Science)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130), accessed 2026-06-03
- [Overjet — Complete Guide to AI for Automated Dental Analysis](https://www.overjet.com/blog/the-complete-guide-to-ai-for-automated-dental-analysis), accessed 2026-06-03
- [Pearl — Second Opinion 3D: First FDA-Cleared AI for Both 2D and 3D Imaging](https://hellopearl.com/news/pearl-becomes-first-dental-ai-company-cleared-by-fda-for-both-2d-and-3d-imaging), accessed 2026-06-03
- [Pearl — FDA Clearance for Panoramic X-Ray AI (Dec 2025)](https://hellopearl.com/news/pearl-expands-dental-ai-capabilities-with-fda-clearance-for-panoramic-x-rays), accessed 2026-06-03
- [Denti.AI — Voice Perio surpasses 1 million completed charts](https://www.dentistrytoday.com/denti-ai-voice-perio-surpasses-1-million-completed-charts-revolutionizing-dental-practices/), accessed 2026-06-03
- [Pearl — Pearl Voice: Ambient Voice AI Suite for Dentistry (Apr 2026)](https://hellopearl.com/news/pearl-introduces-ambient-voice-ai-suite-for-dentistry), accessed 2026-06-03
- [Dental Economics — 5 Ways AI Is on Track to Reshape Dentistry in 2025](https://www.dentaleconomics.com/science-tech/artificial-intelligence/article/55286570/5-ways-ai-is-on-track-to-reshape-dentistry-in-2025), accessed 2026-06-03
- [Overjet — AI Dental Insurance Verification: Reduces verification from 20 min to under 60 sec](https://www.overjet.com/solutions/insurance-verification), accessed 2026-06-03
- [Overjet — Complete Guide to AI for Dental Insurance Claims](https://www.overjet.com/blog/the-complete-guide-to-ai-for-dental-insurance-claims), accessed 2026-06-03
- [Denti.AI — Voice Perio: Hands-Free in Under 5 Min](https://www.denti.ai/voice-perio), accessed 2026-06-03
- [Denti.AI — AI Dental Scribe: Automated Clinical Notes](https://www.denti.ai/scribe), accessed 2026-06-03

How to read these figures: https://futurehistory.earth/methodology. Every figure links to its own source; gaps stay gaps.