Dental Laboratory Technician salary in Houston

At a verified median of $46,880, dental laboratory technicians in Houston earn modestly below the U.S. median of $49,610 — a gap of about 6%. Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental laboratory technician pay, Houston ranks 237th.

Compared with Texas as a whole (median $46,330), Houston 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 $31,340, while the top tenth earn $72,430 or more — a spread of about $41,090. 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 310 dental laboratory technicians employed in Houston — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within Houston, a dental laboratory technician earns about 2.2× less than a dental hygienist, about 2.1× less than a general dentist and about 1.1× what a dental assistant earns ($104,930, $98,570, $43,730 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.