Dental Laboratory Technician salary in Lubbock

At a verified median of $36,170, dental laboratory technicians in Lubbock earn substantially below the U.S. median of $49,610 — a gap of about 27%. Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental laboratory technician pay, Lubbock ranks 373rd.

Compared with Texas as a whole (median $46,330), Lubbock pays dental laboratory technicians about 22% less than the statewide median. 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 $29,850, while the top tenth earn $59,190 or more — a spread of about $29,340. 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 30 dental laboratory technicians employed in Lubbock — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within Lubbock, a dental laboratory technician earns about 4.0× less than a general dentist, about 2.4× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.1× less than a dental assistant ($146,160, $86,340, $39,900 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.