Dental Laboratory Technician salary in Des Moines

At a verified median of $47,550, dental laboratory technicians in Des Moines earn modestly below the U.S. median of $49,610 — a gap of about 4%. Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental laboratory technician pay, Des Moines ranks 212th.

Compared with Iowa as a whole (median $47,520), Des Moines 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 $35,630, while the top tenth earn $67,840 or more — a spread of about $32,210. 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 Des Moines — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within Des Moines, a dental laboratory technician earns about 4.4× less than a general dentist, about 2.0× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.1× less than a dental assistant ($209,300, $93,660, $50,020 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.