Dental Laboratory Technician salary in Denver

At a verified median of $61,220, dental laboratory technicians in Denver earn notably above the U.S. median of $49,610 — a gap of about 23%. Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental laboratory technician pay, Denver ranks 16th.

Compared with Colorado as a whole (median $61,220), Denver tracks the statewide median closely. 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 $48,020, while the top tenth earn $97,260 or more — a spread of about $49,240. 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 230 dental laboratory technicians employed in Denver — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within Denver, a dental laboratory technician earns about 2.8× less than a general dentist, about 1.9× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.2× what a dental assistant earns ($168,620, $113,760, $49,490 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.