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Dental Laboratory Technicians pay in Albuquerque, NM and Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Dental Laboratory Technicians is $46,260 per year in Albuquerque, NM. It is $78,010 per year in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL. Albuquerque, NM is 40.7% below Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-9081 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 90 wage and salary jobs in Albuquerque, NM and 110 in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings