Dental Laboratory Technician salary in Topeka

At a verified median of $49,300, dental laboratory technicians in Topeka earn in line with the U.S. median of $49,610 . Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental laboratory technician pay, Topeka ranks 155th.

Compared with Kansas as a whole (median $56,790), Topeka pays dental laboratory technicians about 13% 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 $38,900, while the top tenth earn $61,580 or more — a spread of about $22,680. 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 40 dental laboratory technicians employed in Topeka — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within Topeka, a dental laboratory technician earns about 3.3× less than a general dentist, about 1.8× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.1× what a dental assistant earns ($164,670, $88,220, $46,780 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.