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Dental Laboratory Technicians · SOC 51-9081

Dental Laboratory Technicians Salary in the Rapid City Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Rapid City, SD metro area

Figures describe the Rapid City, SD metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Rapid City city limits.

Median annual wage$45,800
Median hourly wage$22.02

Dental Laboratory Technicians in the Rapid City, SD metro area earned a median of $45,800 per year ($22.02 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $37,860 at the 10th percentile to $65,990 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Dental Laboratory Technicians in the Rapid City metro area earn more than $45,800 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $43,300 and $56,450.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$37,860$43,300$45,800$56,450$65,990
Hourly$18.20$20.82$22.02$27.14$31.73

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Rapid City metro areathis metro area
    $45,800
  • South Dakotastate (SD)
    $48,370
  • United Statesnational
    $49,610

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −5% vs South Dakota overall and −8% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$22,490$40,997$59,503$78,010San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,490Lubbock, TX — $36,170Waco, TX — $36,490Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $37,450Wilmington, NC — $38,990Baton Rouge, LA — $40,060Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $40,200Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $41,430Huntsville, AL — $43,580Birmingham, AL — $43,750Columbus, GA-AL — $43,850Springfield, MO — $44,260Mobile, AL — $45,000Fresno, CA — $45,010Tyler, TX — $45,110Tucson, AZ — $45,190Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $45,220Urban Honolulu, HI — $45,300Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $45,320San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $45,710Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $45,770Rapid City, SD — $45,800Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $45,840Utica-Rome, NY — $46,070Albuquerque, NM — $46,260Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $46,300Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $46,460Richmond, VA — $46,700Auburn-Opelika, AL — $46,770Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $46,880Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $46,880Oklahoma City, OK — $46,950Cedar Rapids, IA — $47,030Boise City, ID — $47,070Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $47,080Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $47,110St. Louis, MO-IL — $47,160Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $47,200Youngstown-Warren, OH — $47,360Dothan, AL — $47,390Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $47,400Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $47,410Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $47,460Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $47,480Syracuse, NY — $47,510Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $47,550Billings, MT — $47,560Madison, WI — $47,570Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $47,610Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $47,740Green Bay, WI — $47,750Coeur d'Alene, ID — $47,760Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $47,770Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $47,970Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $48,010Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $48,050Gainesville, GA — $48,080Greensboro-High Point, NC — $48,550Roanoke, VA — $48,550Lancaster, PA — $48,710Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $48,710Toledo, OH — $48,710Peoria, IL — $48,730Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $48,800Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $48,810Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $48,880Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $49,040Pittsburgh, PA — $49,060Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $49,110Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $49,260Athens-Clarke County, GA — $49,280Topeka, KS — $49,300Rockford, IL — $49,310Reading, PA — $49,550Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $49,600Eugene-Springfield, OR — $49,610Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $49,660Tulsa, OK — $49,660Wichita, KS — $49,750St. Cloud, MN — $49,800Cleveland, OH — $49,820Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $49,920Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $49,920Winston-Salem, NC — $50,230Fort Wayne, IN — $50,380Jackson, MS — $50,430Asheville, NC — $50,440Tallahassee, FL — $50,540Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $50,590Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $50,690Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $50,700Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $50,850Rochester, NY — $50,880San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $50,910Lincoln, NE — $51,020Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $51,050Raleigh-Cary, NC — $51,110Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $51,220Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $51,300Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $51,380Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $51,750Columbus, OH — $52,570Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $52,880Ogden, UT — $52,970Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $53,150Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $53,930New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $54,170Salem, OR — $55,050Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $55,170Knoxville, TN — $55,340Lexington-Fayette, KY — $55,540Kansas City, MO-KS — $56,790Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $57,020Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $57,610Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $58,040New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $58,160Omaha, NE-IA — $58,630Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $58,720Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $58,780Jacksonville, FL — $58,880Stockton-Lodi, CA — $59,110Twin Falls, ID — $59,390Bellingham, WA — $59,660Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $59,730Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $59,920Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $59,940San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $60,510Naples-Marco Island, FL — $60,560Manchester-Nashua, NH — $60,600San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $60,940Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $61,220Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $61,250North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $61,360Ann Arbor, MI — $61,370Worcester, MA — $63,730Portland-South Portland, ME — $64,020Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $65,500Colorado Springs, CO — $68,230Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $68,640Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $75,480Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $76,170Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $78,010

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Rapid City metro area has the 121st-highest published median for this occupation among the 142 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$37,180Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$30,880Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$51,690Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$57,780First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$70,290Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$37,920

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.