Dental Laboratory Technician salary in San Jose

At a verified median of $60,510, dental laboratory technicians in San Jose earn notably above the U.S. median of $49,610 — a gap of about 22%. Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental laboratory technician pay, San Jose ranks 20th.

Compared with California as a whole (median $47,410), San Jose pays dental laboratory technicians about 28% more — substantially 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 $47,300, while the top tenth earn $88,930 or more — a spread of about $41,630. 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 190 dental laboratory technicians employed in San Jose — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within San Jose, a dental laboratory technician earns about 3.4× less than a general dentist, about 2.3× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.2× less than a dental assistant ($207,910, $139,990, $74,600 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.