Dental Laboratory Technician salary in Salem

At a verified median of $55,050, dental laboratory technicians in Salem earn modestly above the U.S. median of $49,610 — a gap of about 11%. Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental laboratory technician pay, Salem ranks 64th.

Compared with Oregon as a whole (median $48,800), Salem pays dental laboratory technicians about 13% more — notably 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 $34,140, while the top tenth earn $62,920 or more — a spread of about $28,780. 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 40 dental laboratory technicians employed in Salem — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within Salem, a dental laboratory technician earns about 3.9× less than a general dentist, about 2.2× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.1× less than a dental assistant ($212,310, $119,050, $59,210 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.