Dental Laboratory Technician salary in Santa Maria

At a verified median of $49,660, dental laboratory technicians in Santa Maria earn about the U.S. median. Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental laboratory technician pay, Santa Maria ranks 140th.

Compared with California as a whole (median $47,410), Santa Maria pays dental laboratory technicians about 5% more — modestly 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 $40,750, while the top tenth earn $72,290 or more — a spread of about $31,540. 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 70 dental laboratory technicians employed in Santa Maria — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within Santa Maria, a dental laboratory technician earns about 3.4× less than a general dentist, about 2.7× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.0× less than a dental assistant ($170,940, $135,990, $51,310 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.