Dental Laboratory Technicians Salary — Houston, Texas

The average Dental Laboratory Technicians in Houston, Texas earns $52,100 a year.

$52,100 / year, mean
↓ 5.0% below national average 86th percentile in Texas

Houston pays well above most of Texas for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's close to the national average for dental laboratory technicians — a fairly typical rate for this role. 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 Texas

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
310
Estimate confidence
RSE 4.7%
Cost of living 99 #69 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2109 #114 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $308,306 #99 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $80,458 #49 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Houston ranks #69 for cost of living and #99 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. Houston
Albany, New York$50,080-3.9%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$52,980+1.7%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$60,220+15.6%
Austin, Texas$48,880-6.2%
Bakersfield, California$48,400-7.1%
Baltimore, Maryland$53,730+3.1%
Bellingham, Washington$62,350+19.7%
Buffalo, New York$51,860-0.5%
Fort Myers, Florida$70,690+35.7%
Chicago, Illinois$53,670+3.0%
Dallas, Texas$52,550+0.9%
Deltona, Florida$62,920+20.8%
Detroit, Michigan$57,370+10.1%
Eugene, Oregon$49,870-4.3%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$52,770+1.3%
Fresno, California$50,870-2.4%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$49,040-5.9%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$53,820+3.3%
Huntington, West Virginia$48,020-7.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$55,070+5.7%
Jacksonville, Florida$58,380+12.1%
Kiryas Joel, New York$51,600-1.0%
Lakeland, Florida$54,760+5.1%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$52,590+0.9%
Lansing, Michigan$50,550-3.0%
Lexington, Kentucky$53,290+2.3%
Los Angeles, California$50,120-3.8%
Louisville, Kentucky$51,190-1.7%
Lubbock, Texas$39,270-24.6%
Miami, Florida$59,850+14.9%
Naples, Florida$65,730+26.2%
New York, New York$60,130+15.4%
Sarasota, Florida$59,840+14.9%
Orlando, Florida$55,570+6.7%
Oxnard, California$52,060-0.1%
Palm Bay, Florida$59,870+14.9%
Pensacola, Florida$55,990+7.5%
Peoria, Illinois$51,460-1.2%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$57,980+11.3%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$53,900+3.5%
Portland, Oregon$52,600+1.0%
Reading, Pennsylvania$52,610+1.0%
Richmond, Virginia$52,520+0.8%
Riverside, California$54,600+4.8%
Roanoke, Virginia$57,080+9.6%
Rochester, New York$55,960+7.4%
Rockford, Illinois$51,570-1.0%
Sacramento, California$57,240+9.9%
Salem, Oregon$54,290+4.2%
San Antonio, Texas$48,390-7.1%
San Diego, California$56,390+8.2%
San Francisco, California$63,280+21.5%
San Jose, California$65,420+25.6%
Santa Maria, California$56,240+7.9%
Santa Rosa, California$69,150+32.7%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$61,270+17.6%
Seattle, Washington$59,890+15.0%
Spokane, Washington$52,630+1.0%
Stockton, California$57,620+10.6%
Syracuse, New York$52,270+0.3%
Tallahassee, Florida$56,080+7.6%
Tampa, Florida$59,050+13.3%
Tyler, Texas$49,070-5.8%
Utica, New York$49,560-4.9%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$63,390+21.7%
Waco, Texas$44,440-14.7%
Gross salary
52,100/yr
Estimated take-home
44,042/yr
Est. total withheld
15.5%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Texas has no state income tax on wages. 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 26420 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: tx_constitucion_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
PasadenaThe Woodlands
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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Highlighted: Texas

Population (metro area)
7,274,714