In private, under a good chain, its very possible in fact to hit $15K per month. The limiting factor is MOHH bond for the first few years for local dentistry grads.

Its about how hard u work and how u good a profit sharing deal u manage to negotiate with ur dental chain boss.

Think Big4 folks are too desensitised to low salaries liao, they can't comprehend that compensation in many so-called "elite" industries is actually pretty high across-the-board, even for median performers. Tech, healthcare (med and dent), finance, law and consulting especially.