Dental Assistant salary in Homosassa Springs

At a verified median of $45,140, dental assistants in Homosassa Springs earn modestly below the U.S. median of $48,070 — a gap of about 6%. Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental assistant pay, Homosassa Springs ranks 285th.

Compared with Florida as a whole (median $47,620), Homosassa Springs pays dental assistants about 5% less than the statewide median. Local demand, cost of labor, and the mix of practices drive most of that difference.

The pay range is wide: the lowest-paid tenth of dental assistants in this metro area earn around $37,640, while the top tenth earn $55,990 or more — a spread of about $18,350. That gap reflects experience, practice setting, and local demand more than any single factor, so an individual offer can sit well above or below the midpoint.

The BLS counts roughly 100 dental assistants employed in Homosassa Springs — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within Homosassa Springs, a dental assistant earns about 3.6× less than a general dentist and about 1.8× less than a dental hygienist ($163,520, $81,810 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.