Dental Laboratory Technician salary in Toledo

At a verified median of $48,710, dental laboratory technicians in Toledo earn slightly below 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, Toledo ranks 176th.

Compared with Ohio as a whole (median $48,480), Toledo 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 $37,230, while the top tenth earn $65,070 or more — a spread of about $27,840. 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 Toledo — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within Toledo, a dental laboratory technician earns about 4.2× less than a general dentist, about 1.6× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.0× what a dental assistant earns ($205,920, $76,580, $46,580 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.