Dental Laboratory Technician salary in Virginia Beach

At a verified median of $58,720, dental laboratory technicians in Virginia Beach earn notably above the U.S. median of $49,610 — a gap of about 18%. Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental laboratory technician pay, Virginia Beach ranks 37th.

Compared with Virginia as a whole (median $51,900), Virginia Beach 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 $38,160, while the top tenth earn $85,010 or more — a spread of about $46,850. 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 280 dental laboratory technicians employed in Virginia Beach — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within Virginia Beach, a dental laboratory technician earns about 3.0× less than a general dentist, about 1.7× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.3× what a dental assistant earns ($177,400, $98,890, $46,670 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.