Dental Laboratory Technician salary in Phoenix

At a verified median of $49,260, dental laboratory technicians in Phoenix earn in line with the U.S. median of $49,610 . Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental laboratory technician pay, Phoenix ranks 157th.

Compared with Arizona as a whole (median $47,930), Phoenix pays dental laboratory technicians about 3% more — slightly above the statewide figure. Local demand, cost of labor, and the mix of practices drive most of that difference.

The pay range is wide: the lowest-paid tenth of dental laboratory technicians in this metro area earn around $37,450, while the top tenth earn $80,300 or more — a spread of about $42,850. That gap reflects experience, practice setting, and local demand more than any single factor, so an individual offer can sit well above or below the midpoint.

The BLS counts roughly 690 dental laboratory technicians employed in Phoenix — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within Phoenix, a dental laboratory technician earns about 3.9× less than a general dentist, about 2.1× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.0× less than a dental assistant ($194,180, $102,520, $49,760 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.