Dental Laboratory Technicians Salary — Grand Rapids, Michigan

The average Dental Laboratory Technicians in Grand Rapids, Michigan earns $49,040 a year.

$49,040 / year, mean
↓ 10.6% below national average 25th percentile in Michigan

Grand Rapids pays below most of Michigan for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's noticeably below the national average for dental laboratory technicians, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Michigan

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
170
Estimate confidence
RSE 4.3%
Cost of living 96 #97 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1688 #77 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $359,923 #76 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $80,296 #51 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Grand Rapids ranks #97 for cost of living and #76 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. Grand Rapids
Albany, New York$50,080+2.1%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$52,980+8.0%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$60,220+22.8%
Austin, Texas$48,880-0.3%
Bakersfield, California$48,400-1.3%
Baltimore, Maryland$53,730+9.6%
Bellingham, Washington$62,350+27.1%
Buffalo, New York$51,860+5.8%
Fort Myers, Florida$70,690+44.1%
Chicago, Illinois$53,670+9.4%
Dallas, Texas$52,550+7.2%
Deltona, Florida$62,920+28.3%
Detroit, Michigan$57,370+17.0%
Eugene, Oregon$49,870+1.7%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$52,770+7.6%
Fresno, California$50,870+3.7%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$53,820+9.7%
Houston, Texas$52,100+6.2%
Huntington, West Virginia$48,020-2.1%
Indianapolis, Indiana$55,070+12.3%
Jacksonville, Florida$58,380+19.0%
Kiryas Joel, New York$51,600+5.2%
Lakeland, Florida$54,760+11.7%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$52,590+7.2%
Lansing, Michigan$50,550+3.1%
Lexington, Kentucky$53,290+8.7%
Los Angeles, California$50,120+2.2%
Louisville, Kentucky$51,190+4.4%
Lubbock, Texas$39,270-19.9%
Miami, Florida$59,850+22.0%
Naples, Florida$65,730+34.0%
New York, New York$60,130+22.6%
Sarasota, Florida$59,840+22.0%
Orlando, Florida$55,570+13.3%
Oxnard, California$52,060+6.2%
Palm Bay, Florida$59,870+22.1%
Pensacola, Florida$55,990+14.2%
Peoria, Illinois$51,460+4.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$57,980+18.2%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$53,900+9.9%
Portland, Oregon$52,600+7.3%
Reading, Pennsylvania$52,610+7.3%
Richmond, Virginia$52,520+7.1%
Riverside, California$54,600+11.3%
Roanoke, Virginia$57,080+16.4%
Rochester, New York$55,960+14.1%
Rockford, Illinois$51,570+5.2%
Sacramento, California$57,240+16.7%
Salem, Oregon$54,290+10.7%
San Antonio, Texas$48,390-1.3%
San Diego, California$56,390+15.0%
San Francisco, California$63,280+29.0%
San Jose, California$65,420+33.4%
Santa Maria, California$56,240+14.7%
Santa Rosa, California$69,150+41.0%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$61,270+24.9%
Seattle, Washington$59,890+22.1%
Spokane, Washington$52,630+7.3%
Stockton, California$57,620+17.5%
Syracuse, New York$52,270+6.6%
Tallahassee, Florida$56,080+14.4%
Tampa, Florida$59,050+20.4%
Tyler, Texas$49,070+0.1%
Utica, New York$49,560+1.1%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$63,390+29.3%
Waco, Texas$44,440-9.4%
Gross salary
49,040/yr
Estimated take-home
39,097/yr
Est. total withheld
20.3%

Single filer, federal + Michigan 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.

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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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 24340 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: mi_treasury_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
WyomingKentwood
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.

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Population (metro area)
1,154,320