Dental Laboratory Technician salary in Cleveland

At a verified median of $49,820, dental laboratory technicians in Cleveland earn about the U.S. median. Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental laboratory technician pay, Cleveland ranks 133rd.

Compared with Ohio as a whole (median $48,480), Cleveland pays dental laboratory technicians about 3% more — slightly 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 $38,770, while the top tenth earn $77,990 or more — a spread of about $39,220. 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 270 dental laboratory technicians employed in Cleveland — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within Cleveland, a dental laboratory technician earns about 3.1× less than a general dentist, about 1.8× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.0× what a dental assistant earns ($154,800, $88,990, $47,800 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.