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Career Information for Dental Assistants in Louisiana

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Fast Facts for Dental Assistants in Louisiana

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Monroe, New Orleans, and Lafayette
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport

Salaries for Dental Assistants in Louisiana

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: New Orleans, Shreveport, and Monroe. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Dental Assistants in Louisiana are listed below.

Selected Online Schools for Dental Assistants in Louisiana

Stratford Career Institute
Online

Career training in several fields. Offered in a distance-learning format.

  • Programs: Dental Assistant
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Louisiana Dental Assistant Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Delta College of Arts & TechnologyBaton RougeAssociate137
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New OrleansNew OrleansDoctorate & First Professional2,234

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Dental Assistants

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Louisiana. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Dental Assistants

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Dental Assistants relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

LOUISIANA

   
Monroe210$27,7601.3
New Orleans1,160$28,9901
Lafayette300$25,2001
Houma190$23,7601
Alexandria110$27,6000.9
Shreveport330$28,1300.9
Baton Rouge690$27,5500.8
Lake Charles150$23,7800.8
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