Dental Laboratory Technician salary in Boise City

At a verified median of $47,070, dental laboratory technicians in Boise City earn modestly below the U.S. median of $49,610 — a gap of about 5%. Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental laboratory technician pay, Boise City ranks 231st.

Compared with Idaho as a whole (median $47,380), Boise City 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 $36,510, while the top tenth earn $79,030 or more — a spread of about $42,520. 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 120 dental laboratory technicians employed in Boise City — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within Boise City, a dental laboratory technician earns about 2.5× less than a general dentist, about 2.0× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.0× less than a dental assistant ($119,550, $94,650, $47,250 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.