Dental Laboratory Technician salary in Rockford

At a verified median of $49,310, dental laboratory technicians in Rockford earn in line with the U.S. median of $49,610 . Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental laboratory technician pay, Rockford ranks 153rd.

Compared with Illinois as a whole (median $51,380), Rockford pays dental laboratory technicians about 4% less than the statewide median. 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 $39,610, while the top tenth earn $62,010 or more — a spread of about $22,400. 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 50 dental laboratory technicians employed in Rockford — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within Rockford, a dental laboratory technician earns about 4.4× less than a general dentist, about 1.7× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.1× what a dental assistant earns ($214,670, $86,120, $45,970 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.