Average Dental Assistant with Oral Surgery Skills Salary in South Africa

The line graph shows Dental Assistant salary in South Africa on an annual basis. In this graph specifically, it is indicated that as the years of experience increases, so does their wages.

For Dental Assistant having experience between 1-4 years, their salary is around R 64 572,83.

Once the experience reaches 5-9 years Dental Assistant salary would increase again to a total of R 100 416,00, adding R 35 843,17 from the last salary increase.

After reaching the 10-19 year experience in their career, another increase in salary will be added to a total of R 133 785,60.

And finally, once the Dental Assistant gains 20 years of experience or more, their salary would reach R 138 121,60.

The bar graph data indicates the importance of specific skills which can have a direct impact on Dental Assistant's salary. It clearly highlights the skills needed for a post of Dental Assistant when hired by an employer.

The most vital skill expected of Dental Assistant is Periodontics which impacts the most than the rest of the skills indicated with a staggering 83% comparatively. Therefore, one’s salary would greatly depend on their skills in Periodontics.

The skill least likely to affect one’s pay would be Customer Service with 1%. It can be said that Customer Service skill will unlikely impact the salary.

This combination of a line and the bar graph shows how the experience affects the salary of Dental Assistant. Companies are considering factors like training and education directly affecting the salary offered to you as an employee. The line graph shows the salary increment with the increase in experience whereas the bar graph shows the comparision of how the salary is getting affected based on experience level.

As shown in the trends, lowest earning is R 63 448,00 whereas the highest earning is R 134 312,00 which clearly shows the salary increases with the level of expertise.

Experienced person will earn the maximum salary of R 134 312,00 at 63%. So to summerize, Early Career earns 23% less than the average salary, Mid Carrer earns 21% more than the average salary, Late Career earns 61% more than the average salary, Experienced earns 63% more than the average salary.