Dental Assistant and Dental Therapist Base Pay (PP 5/2024)
Pay data for dental assistant jobs that meets KarirAman's standard, with the minimum wage floor and the official BPS reference.
| Data | Figure | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Pay range in KarirAman verified vacancies | Not enough data yet (n < 30) | |
| Official pay scale: civil servant (PNS) grade II/c to III/d (dental therapist functional post, diploma graduates), base pay, PP 5/2024 | IDR 2,485,900 to IDR 5,180,700 | gross (before deductions); per month Civil-service base pay from grade II/c with 3 years in grade (the first II/c cell) to grade III/d with 32 years in grade, read from the PP 5/2024 pay table. The grade range follows the skilled category of the dental therapist functional post for diploma (D3) graduates in Annex IV of PermenPANRB 37/2019. It applies only to dental therapists with an STR who are civil servants, not to dental assistants without an STR. Allowances are not included. JDIH BPK RI JDIH BPK (salinan jdih.menpan.go.id) |
| Official pay scale: civil servant (PNS) grade III/a to IV/c (dental therapist functional post, applied bachelor graduates), base pay, PP 5/2024 | IDR 2,785,700 to IDR 5,866,400 | gross (before deductions); per month Civil-service base pay from grade III/a with 0 years in grade to grade IV/c with 32 years in grade, read from the PP 5/2024 pay table. The grade range follows the expert category of the dental therapist functional post for applied bachelor (D4) or bachelor graduates in Annex V of PermenPANRB 37/2019. It applies only to dental therapists with an STR who are civil servants. Allowances are not included. JDIH BPK RI JDIH BPK (salinan jdih.menpan.go.id) |
| Range in Jobstreet job ads, not an official average | IDR 3,750,000 to IDR 5,250,000 | gross or net not stated; per month Typical range (25th to 75th percentile, with the median in between) of full-time monthly pay that employers listed in Jobstreet ads for dental assistants, read on 8 October 2026 from a page dated October 2026. Jobstreet does not state the number of ads, the ad period, or whether figures are gross or net; some include allowances. These are advertised figures, not an official average. Some ads offer less than the local minimum wage (UMK), so always check the UMK for your city. Jobstreet Indonesia |
| Average net wage of employees, Human health and social work activities (BPS Sakernas May 2026) | IDR 3,624,569 | reference for the Human health and social work activities sector, not specific to this career; net (after deductions) Badan Pusat Statistik |
| Minimum wage (UMP/UMK) as the floor | IDR 2,317,601 to IDR 5,729,876 | Lowest 2026 UMP IDR 2,317,601 (West Java), highest IDR 5,729,876 (Jakarta) Micro and small businesses are exempt from the minimum wage rules; pay there is set by agreement and still has a legal floor. Kementerian Hukum RI (peraturan.go.id) |
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Sources
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