Dental Laboratory Technician salary in Asheville

At a verified median of $50,440, dental laboratory technicians in Asheville earn slightly above the U.S. median of $49,610 — a gap of about 2%. Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental laboratory technician pay, Asheville ranks 118th.

Compared with North Carolina as a whole (median $49,700), Asheville 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 $36,610, while the top tenth earn $79,440 or more — a spread of about $42,830. 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 70 dental laboratory technicians employed in Asheville — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within Asheville, a dental laboratory technician earns about 4.0× less than a general dentist, about 2.0× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.1× less than a dental assistant ($202,630, $101,170, $56,680 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.