Dental Laboratory Technician salary in New York

At a verified median of $58,160, dental laboratory technicians in New York earn notably above the U.S. median of $49,610 — a gap of about 17%. Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental laboratory technician pay, New York ranks 41st.

Compared with New York as a whole (median $52,460), New York pays dental laboratory technicians about 11% more — modestly 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 $37,340, while the top tenth earn $89,950 or more — a spread of about $52,610. 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 1,400 dental laboratory technicians employed in New York — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within New York, a dental laboratory technician earns about 3.3× less than a general dentist, about 1.9× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.2× what a dental assistant earns ($190,010, $109,720, $48,430 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.