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Dental Laboratory Technicians pay in Massachusetts and Utah
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Dental Laboratory Technicians is $72,800 per year in Massachusetts. It is $47,110 per year in Utah. Massachusetts is 54.5% above Utah 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 440 wage and salary jobs in Massachusetts and 1,300 in Utah. 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