Dental jobs in New Mexico
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What comes after a first dental assistant job in New Mexico? Dental jobs in New Mexico paid assistants a median of $44,400 in May 2025, and the two usual ways up both lead away from that figure.
Orthodontic Dental Assistant
Dental Assistant/Orthodontics Assistant
Lead Certified Dental Assistant
Pediatric Dental & Orthodontic Assistant
Certified Dental Assistant
Certified Dental Assistant - Growth to Lead Trainer
General Dentist
Dental Hygienist
Your New Mexico association is New Mexico Dental Association, listed with its counterparts across the country in the association directory.
About Dental jobs in New Mexico
One is a hygiene program and a state license, a path to a median of $95,940 in New Mexico, where hygienists are more common than nationally. The other is expanded duties, which the Handbook says states tie to licensing, registration, or certification. New Mexico's 780 general dentists earned $155,260. As of today that means 8 live dental jobs in New Mexico. The largest share comes from Choice Health Care, Dental Dreams, and DentalWorks, and Albuquerque, Panorama Heights, and Sandia Base have the most of them.