What would be a good starting asking pay for dental front office with 2 months experience?

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I am RDA Registered Dental Assistant and am applying for an in office front desk position i have done both chair-side and have 6 months experience of that and then up front work, but i only have like 2 months of experience working back and forth with the front office and the back. I know that I got starting out 11 and hour at on place and 12 an hour at another as RDA. Also I know of a friend who has 15 years front office and she got 30 an hour. How much would be a good amount to ask for?

Sandy · Accepted Answer

Quite frankly, I find it difficult to believe that your friend, working in a front-office position, is getting $30/hr. That would be more like the salary for a hygienist. 
If you only have 2 months of experience, I don't think you can reasonably expect more than $12-13/hr., and that's only because you are already familiar with dental terminology.

Vincent · Answer

Receptionist job for the past 3 months and alsmost everywhere they ask for experience.I have foreign experience and I have done a 2 month Dental Admin Assistant course hoping that this might get me the job.I was offered a work interview from one periodontic office but the salary they offered me was $10/hr and no benefits.I thought that was too low.I was told in my course that an unexperienced Dental Office Assistant should get around

Anonymous · Answer

Two months isn't very much. So if your friend has 180 months experience and gets thirty dollars and hour then by that logo you should get 1/178th of her salary or 59 cents per hour. Actually I think you can expect about nine per hour.

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What would be a good starting asking pay for dental front office with 2 months experience?

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