Dental Laboratory Technicians · SOC 51-9081

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Dental Laboratory Technicianss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for dental laboratory technicians. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 142 metro areas

Dental Laboratory Technicians: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	$78,010	110	0.4
2	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	$76,170	Not published	Not published
3	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$75,480	350	0.1
4	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	$68,640	40	0.2
5	Colorado Springs, CO	$68,230	60	0.2
6	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$65,500	40	0.2
7	Portland-South Portland, ME	$64,020	60	0.2
8	Worcester, MA	$63,730	40	0.1
9	Ann Arbor, MI	$61,370	30	0.1
10	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$61,360	100	0.3
11	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$61,250	490	0.2
12	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$61,220	230	0.1
13	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$60,940	280	0.1
14	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$60,600	60	0.3
15	Naples-Marco Island, FL	$60,560	50	0.3
16	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$60,510	190	0.2
17	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$59,940	590	0.2
18	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$59,920	520	0.4
19	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$59,730	80	0.3
20	Bellingham, WA	$59,660	30	0.3
21	Twin Falls, ID	$59,390	30	0.6
22	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$59,110	40	0.1
23	Jacksonville, FL	$58,880	130	0.2
24	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$58,780	270	0.1
25	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$58,720	280	0.4

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Dental Laboratory Technicians overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.