Dental Laboratory Technician salary in San Antonio

At a verified median of $45,710, dental laboratory technicians in San Antonio earn modestly below the U.S. median of $49,610 — a gap of about 8%. Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental laboratory technician pay, San Antonio ranks 270th.

Compared with Texas as a whole (median $46,330), San Antonio 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 $30,300, while the top tenth earn $70,290 or more — a spread of about $39,990. 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 240 dental laboratory technicians employed in San Antonio — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within San Antonio, a dental laboratory technician earns about 3.5× less than a general dentist, about 2.2× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.0× less than a dental assistant ($162,140, $98,480, $45,920 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.