Dental Laboratory Technician salary in Seattle

At a verified median of $57,610, dental laboratory technicians in Seattle earn notably above the U.S. median of $49,610 — a gap of about 16%. Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental laboratory technician pay, Seattle ranks 47th.

Compared with Washington as a whole (median $56,400), Seattle pays dental laboratory technicians about 2% more — slightly 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 $39,970, while the top tenth earn $78,390 or more — a spread of about $38,420. 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 380 dental laboratory technicians employed in Seattle — a measure of how deep the local job market is for the role.

Within Seattle, a dental laboratory technician earns about 2.8× less than a general dentist, about 2.3× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.1× less than a dental assistant ($161,270, $133,740, $62,040 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.