Dental Assistant in Charlotte Area (headhunters, job market, salary) - North Carolina (NC) - City-Data Forum

maxxbet · 08-02-2008, 08:33 PM

My wife is a dental assistant up here in NH and she would like to continue the profession if/when we move to the Charlotte area. She has been assisting for more than 12 yrs and would be considered a DAII under NC standards. Question is: What can she be expected to earn as a salary in the Charlotte area? Are there areas that pay more than others in that field? Any info would be appreciated.

SunnyKayak · 08-02-2008, 08:34 PM

salary.com

just do the free part and you will get an idea

Brooklyn_QueenBee · 08-03-2008, 11:41 AM

My friend just landed a job as a dental hygenist six weeks ago and she gets paid $22. Her salary will go up when she takes and pass a required class in October. The place where she works has paid for the training. She had over 10 years of experience in Albany.

maxxbet · 08-03-2008, 02:55 PM

$22/hr for a Hygenist? I am going to have to do some research on this. She is an Assistant and makes $21./ hr currently. I don't want her to take too big a pay cut to make a move to Charlotte.

Brooklyn_QueenBee · 08-03-2008, 06:23 PM

Maxxbet, I had it wrong, she is an assistant not hygienist. I spoke with her and she told me the pay scale range from $12 to $24 based on the interviews she went on. Also, note that some salaries in NC will be less or more than where you from. From the people that I come in contact with, the salary in NC is lower.

maxxbet · 08-04-2008, 06:04 PM

Phew...I was hoping that you were mixing up the two (people always do) At least now I know that the pay scale is there and I am sure she wont have an issue finding work for the same kind of $$.

Now to find me a job...

kctides · 06-01-2009, 01:23 PM

How exciting! I hope you guys make it down here. The first thing to keep in mind is its a lower cost of living down here in the south. I've been down here for about 10 yrs and affordability is still a +. The medical field is very big down here. Lots of private practices for physicians & dentists of all kinds. I'd also get on careerbuilder.com. Its more common for people to post jobs there especially in the medical field. I have a couple of friends in the dental field and can forward your wife's resume if you have an interest. Just let me know. Moderator cut: removed

InSouthPark · 06-02-2009, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by maxxbet

Phew...I was hoping that you were mixing up the two (people always do) At least now I know that the pay scale is there and I am sure she wont have an issue finding work for the same kind of $$.

Now to find me a job...

Maxx,

My best advice, get hooked up with one of the dental staffing agencies in town. They provide fill in work but also work as "headhunters".

My wife has used Dental Staffing of the Carolinas Dental Staffing of the Carolinas, Inc.- Charlotte's leading dental staffing agency since 2001 (http://www.dentstaff.com/index.htm - broken link). Sheri (the owner) has placed my wife in two different jobs and has gotten her fill in work for months when her doc went under. It can be a little difficult to "break into" her fill in lineup, but once you do, my wife was working almost every day as fill in. The good thing is a lot of the "fill-in" jobs are really paid interviews without the pressure of an interview.

"in-town" will pay more that the outskirts. Area such as Rock Hill pay quite a bit less (at least DH wise).

The only problem is that now people are cutting back on the dental procedures so a lot of DA hours have been cut back. I know my wifes dentist has some days where he has no "dentist" work, only there to watch the hygenists (and that makes for grumpy dentists). The cleaning side (hygienists) are still pretty busy, it is just people are putting off the crowns until their teeth fall out or they get a job!

Good luck. Have your wife contact Sheri at Dental Staffing and she can give your wife a good assement of the DA job market in town.

EDIT: just realized this is an year old thread. Who keeps bringing these back from the dead? Anywho, if anyone needs some Dental profession advice, there ya go.