Dental Laboratory Technician salary in Tulsa

At a verified median of $49,660, dental laboratory technicians in Tulsa earn about the U.S. median. Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental laboratory technician pay, Tulsa ranks 141st.

Compared with Oklahoma as a whole (median $48,670), Tulsa pays dental laboratory technicians about 2% 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 $30,470, while the top tenth earn $78,060 or more — a spread of about $47,590. 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 100 dental laboratory technicians employed in Tulsa — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within Tulsa, a dental laboratory technician earns about 3.3× less than a general dentist, about 2.0× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.1× what a dental assistant earns ($165,280, $100,350, $46,510 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.