Dental Laboratory Technicians Salary — San Francisco, California

The average Dental Laboratory Technicians in San Francisco, California earns $63,280 a year.

$63,280 / year, mean
↑ 15.4% above national average 83th percentile in California

San Francisco pays well above most of California for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's a solid premium over the national average for dental laboratory technicians. Cost of living here runs meaningfully above the national average. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
280
Estimate confidence
RSE 3.1%
Cost of living 116 #1 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $1,149,215 #3 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $133,780 #2 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: San Francisco ranks #1 for cost of living and #3 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Fort Myers $70,690 Santa Rosa $69,150 Naples $65,730 San Jose $65,420 Virginia Beach $63,390 San Francisco $63,280 Deltona $62,920 Bellingham $62,350 Scranton $61,270 Ann Arbor $60,220 New York $60,130 Seattle $59,890 Palm Bay $59,870 Miami $59,850 Sarasota $59,840 Tampa $59,050 Jacksonville $58,380 Philadelphia $57,980 Stockton $57,620 Detroit $57,370 Sacramento $57,240 Roanoke $57,080 San Diego $56,390 Santa Maria $56,240 Tallahassee $56,080 Pensacola $55,990 Rochester $55,960 Orlando $55,570 Indianapolis $55,070 Lakeland $54,760 Riverside $54,600 Salem $54,290 Pittsburgh $53,900 Harrisburg $53,820 Baltimore $53,730 Chicago $53,670 Lexington $53,290 Allentown $52,980 Fort Wayne $52,770 Spokane $52,630 Reading $52,610 Portland $52,600 Lancaster $52,590 Dallas $52,550 Richmond $52,520 Syracuse $52,270 Houston $52,100 Oxnard $52,060 Buffalo $51,860 Kiryas Joel $51,600 Rockford $51,570 Peoria $51,460 Louisville $51,190 Fresno $50,870 Lansing $50,550 Los Angeles $50,120 Albany $50,080 Eugene $49,870 Utica $49,560 Tyler $49,070 Grand Rapids $49,040 Austin $48,880 Bakersfield $48,400 San Antonio $48,390 Huntington $48,020 Waco $44,440 Lubbock $39,270
CityMean salaryvs. San Francisco
Albany, New York$50,080-20.9%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$52,980-16.3%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$60,220-4.8%
Austin, Texas$48,880-22.8%
Bakersfield, California$48,400-23.5%
Baltimore, Maryland$53,730-15.1%
Bellingham, Washington$62,350-1.5%
Buffalo, New York$51,860-18.0%
Fort Myers, Florida$70,690+11.7%
Chicago, Illinois$53,670-15.2%
Dallas, Texas$52,550-17.0%
Deltona, Florida$62,920-0.6%
Detroit, Michigan$57,370-9.3%
Eugene, Oregon$49,870-21.2%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$52,770-16.6%
Fresno, California$50,870-19.6%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$49,040-22.5%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$53,820-14.9%
Houston, Texas$52,100-17.7%
Huntington, West Virginia$48,020-24.1%
Indianapolis, Indiana$55,070-13.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$58,380-7.7%
Kiryas Joel, New York$51,600-18.5%
Lakeland, Florida$54,760-13.5%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$52,590-16.9%
Lansing, Michigan$50,550-20.1%
Lexington, Kentucky$53,290-15.8%
Los Angeles, California$50,120-20.8%
Louisville, Kentucky$51,190-19.1%
Lubbock, Texas$39,270-37.9%
Miami, Florida$59,850-5.4%
Naples, Florida$65,730+3.9%
New York, New York$60,130-5.0%
Sarasota, Florida$59,840-5.4%
Orlando, Florida$55,570-12.2%
Oxnard, California$52,060-17.7%
Palm Bay, Florida$59,870-5.4%
Pensacola, Florida$55,990-11.5%
Peoria, Illinois$51,460-18.7%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$57,980-8.4%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$53,900-14.8%
Portland, Oregon$52,600-16.9%
Reading, Pennsylvania$52,610-16.9%
Richmond, Virginia$52,520-17.0%
Riverside, California$54,600-13.7%
Roanoke, Virginia$57,080-9.8%
Rochester, New York$55,960-11.6%
Rockford, Illinois$51,570-18.5%
Sacramento, California$57,240-9.5%
Salem, Oregon$54,290-14.2%
San Antonio, Texas$48,390-23.5%
San Diego, California$56,390-10.9%
San Jose, California$65,420+3.4%
Santa Maria, California$56,240-11.1%
Santa Rosa, California$69,150+9.3%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$61,270-3.2%
Seattle, Washington$59,890-5.4%
Spokane, Washington$52,630-16.8%
Stockton, California$57,620-8.9%
Syracuse, New York$52,270-17.4%
Tallahassee, Florida$56,080-11.4%
Tampa, Florida$59,050-6.7%
Tyler, Texas$49,070-22.5%
Utica, New York$49,560-21.7%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$63,390+0.2%
Waco, Texas$44,440-29.8%
Gross salary
63,280/yr
Estimated take-home
51,036/yr
Est. total withheld
19.3%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

View cost of living in this state All Dental Laboratory Technicians salaries in California → All Dental Laboratory Technicians salaries →
Community reality check

Community reality check for San Francisco

These notes add local color around San Francisco, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 51-9081 SOC code
Official area San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 41860 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
OaklandFremont
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

On this page

Where this is

AK HI

Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
4,653,593