Dental Laboratory Technician salary in New Orleans

At a verified median of $54,170, dental laboratory technicians in New Orleans earn modestly above the U.S. median of $49,610 — a gap of about 9%. Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental laboratory technician pay, New Orleans ranks 68th.

Compared with Louisiana as a whole (median $38,490), New Orleans pays dental laboratory technicians about 41% more — substantially above the statewide figure. 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 $31,200, while the top tenth earn $77,430 or more — a spread of about $46,230. 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 New Orleans — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within New Orleans, a dental laboratory technician earns about 3.7× less than a general dentist, about 1.7× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.2× what a dental assistant earns ($198,050, $93,650, $45,920 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.