Dental Office Manager salary in Arizona

At a modeled median of $60,000, dental office managers in Arizona earn about the U.S. median. Among the 51 states where the BLS reports dental office manager pay, Arizona ranks 20th.

The pay range is wide: the lowest-paid tenth of dental office managers in this state earn around $42,000, while the top tenth earn $85,000 or more — a spread of about $43,000. That gap reflects experience, practice setting, and demand more than any single factor, so an individual offer can sit well above or below the midpoint.

Within Arizona, a dental office manager earns about 3.2× less than a general dentist, about 1.7× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.2× what a dental assistant earns ($194,180, $101,010, $49,000 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.

Within the state, dental office manager pay is highest in Phoenix at about $64,320 and lowest in Sierra Vista at about $56,400. Metro-level demand and cost of living explain most of the in-state variation — see the metro breakdown below.