Highest-paying Cities for Dental Laboratory Technicians

The top 100 highest paying cities for dental laboratory technicians (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of dental laboratory technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $90,710, Ocala, Florida is the highest paying city for dental laboratory technicians. It is followed by Boise City-Nampa, Idaho (average annual salary $65,180). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of dental laboratory technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Dental Laboratory Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Ocala, Florida	$90,710	$31,550	50
2	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$65,180	$37,020	70
3	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$60,690	$37,440	60
4	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$59,600	$28,410	80
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$59,500	$37,710	200
6	Waco, Texas	$59,450	$29,660	30
7	Port St Lucie, Florida	$59,280	$36,220	40
8	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$58,860	$22,410	40
9	Anchorage, Alaska	$57,600	$36,010	30
10	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$57,330	$35,410	600
11	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$56,870	$36,970	270
12	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$56,590	$38,010	1,310
13	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$56,370	$34,790	1,980
14	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$55,120	$38,790	100
15	Tacoma, Washington	$54,870	$26,620	90
16	Kingston, New York	$54,760	$21,650	50
17	Greenville, North Carolina	$54,640	$42,780	40
18	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$54,410	$20,270	30
19	Corpus Christi, Texas	$54,130	$30,250	60
20	Rochester, Minnesota	$53,010	$37,770	30
21	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$52,720	$28,150	60
22	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$51,180	$28,770	210
23	Peabody, Massachusetts	$50,790	$23,730	40
24	Asheville, North Carolina	$50,530	$29,470	60
25	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$50,510	$35,150	60
26	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$50,400	$35,080	100
27	Sumter, South Carolina	$50,330	$41,150	n/a
28	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$50,040	$36,840	730
29	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$50,010	$27,070	30
30	Manchester, New Hampshire	$49,980	$34,290	30
31	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$49,940	$33,130	130
32	Montgomery, Alabama	$49,810	$23,970	40
33	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$49,780	$32,400	30
34	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$49,750	$29,770	90
35	Peoria, Illinois	$49,730	$30,880	70
36	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$49,610	$36,420	350
37	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$49,560	$27,570	510
38	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$49,310	$29,570	140
39	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$49,300	$30,770	90
40	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$49,240	$30,510	40
41	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$49,210	$35,000	210
42	Reading, Pennsylvania	$49,030	$36,380	50
43	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$49,030	$36,760	40
44	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$49,000	$30,440	60
45	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$48,960	$33,120	150
46	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$48,960	$36,350	170
47	Salem, Oregon	$48,950	$31,200	40
48	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$48,940	$25,710	470
49	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$48,760	$31,170	430
50	Modesto, California	$48,650	$31,160	30
51	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$48,650	$36,350	250
52	Iowa City, Iowa	$48,640	$34,790	70
53	Dubuque, Iowa	$48,610	$30,820	30
54	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$48,580	$26,950	40
55	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$48,570	$30,380	530
56	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$48,490	$33,710	50
57	Jacksonville, Florida	$48,440	$30,700	210
58	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$48,420	$29,790	100
59	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$48,390	$28,860	90
60	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$48,300	$37,940	530
61	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$48,110	$37,020	100
62	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$47,970	$29,690	40
63	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$47,850	$28,830	100
64	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$47,820	$33,000	220
65	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$47,710	$29,170	50
66	Nashua, New Hampshire	$47,520	$28,580	40
67	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$47,330	$34,980	60
68	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$47,310	$36,170	170
69	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$47,250	$36,000	110
70	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$47,190	$29,620	70
71	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$47,160	$29,720	40
72	Spokane, Washington	$47,150	$36,630	90
73	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$47,050	$19,010	40
74	Charleston, West Virginia	$47,040	$29,380	30
75	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$47,000	$35,180	380
76	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$46,980	$35,960	90
77	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$46,900	$31,200	40
78	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$46,840	$34,320	30
79	Kansas City, Missouri	$46,820	$35,350	350
80	Rockford, Illinois	$46,790	$37,390	30
81	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$46,760	$31,600	40
82	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$46,690	$29,210	150
83	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$46,640	$28,240	40
84	Salt Lake City, Utah	$46,590	$29,590	520
85	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$46,590	$32,090	240
86	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$46,520	$28,660	50
87	Columbus, Georgia	$46,500	$29,290	30
88	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$46,470	$31,230	110
89	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$46,470	$31,350	470
90	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$46,420	$35,750	260
91	Syracuse, New York	$46,390	$36,310	210
92	Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona	$46,340	$29,990	30
93	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$46,330	$28,590	80
94	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$46,310	$29,820	30
95	Richmond, Virginia	$46,300	$29,560	110
96	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$46,300	$26,060	190
97	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$46,290	$29,380	140
98	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$46,290	$43,550	50
99	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$46,240	$29,440	50
100	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$46,090	$30,330	650

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for dental laboratory technicians.