Dental Laboratory Technician salary in Huntington

At a verified median of $47,740, dental laboratory technicians in Huntington earn modestly below the U.S. median of $49,610 — a gap of about 4%. Among the 377 metro areas where the BLS reports dental laboratory technician pay, Huntington ranks 205th.

Compared with West Virginia as a whole (median $47,740), Huntington 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 $37,220, while the top tenth earn $62,400 or more — a spread of about $25,180. 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.

Within Huntington, a dental laboratory technician earns about 3.5× less than a general dentist, about 1.5× less than a dental hygienist and about 1.1× what a dental assistant earns ($168,210, $73,470, $42,660 respectively) — a quick way to see where the role sits in the local dental pay ladder.