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Average Dentist Salary / Wages

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Salary and wage information for dentists is compiled regularly by analysis of Australian jobs advertised in major publications.

The Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations Codes (ANZSCO) are 252311 for dental specialists and 252312 for dentists.

Job titles and exact tasks vary in this work and examples of some occupation titles are dentist, dental practitioner, dental surgeon, endodontist and orthodontist.

These occupations are currently on the Australian Combined Skilled Occupation List,(Short-term Skilled Occupation List, STSOL).

The average weekly full-time ordinary earnings in Health Care and Social Assistance in mid 2018 were $1,523, giving an annual income of approximately $79,200. This was 1.0% higher than in mid 2017.*

Data supplied from Indeed over the past 36 months, based on over 200 salaries, estimated that the average salary for a dentist was $143,016 per year in Australia.

Dentists Salaries / Wages in 2018

Job TitleSalary / Wage $Location
Graduate Dentist

130,000 Sydney, New South Wales
Experienced Dentist

110,000 – 160,000 Sydney, New South Wales
Dentist

$630 per day Sydney, New South Wales
Dentist Part-Time

$125 – $150 per hour New South Wales
Dentist

100,000 – 140,000 Sunshine Coast
Principal Dentist

200,000 OTE Melbourne, Victoria
Principal Dentist

143,000 – 148,000 Brisbane, Queensland
Dental Specialist (Paediatric Dentist)

$76 – $89 per hour Gold Coast, Queensland
Lecturer, School of Dentistry

93,000 – 111,000 Adelaide, South Australia
Dentist / Periodontist

300,000 – 450,000 Perth, Western Australia

*Source:ABS

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