How much do Dental Laboratory Technicians make in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

Percentile spread

For Dental Laboratory Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $35,500 and the 90th percentile is $70,480. The difference is $34,980, which is 84.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $41,430 to the 75th at $50,710, covers $9,280.

The mean annual wage is $48,880, which sits above the median of $41,430. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX median is 16.5% lower than the national median of $49,610 for Dental Laboratory Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,247, which is 14.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.6% lower than the Texas median of $46,330.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 98.066, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $41,430 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Dental Laboratory Technicians at $42,247 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Dental Laboratory Technicians. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX ranks 4th of 5 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 80 miles away, with a median of $45,710 and employment of 240. That median is 10.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,260, against $42,247 here.
• Waco, TX is 95 miles away, with a median of $36,490 and employment of 40. That median is 11.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,427, against $42,247 here.
• Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 141 miles away, with a median of $46,880 and employment of 310. That median is 13.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,532, against $42,247 here.

Employment share

Dental Laboratory Technicians accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX (170 of 1,293,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (34,410 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.59 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.