Kentucky was 5.7% below the U.S. median for Dental Laboratory Technicians. It ranked 38 of 47 state areas with a published annual median. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Kentucky was 90.2, or 9.8% below the national price level. Its housing index was 64.3.
National-price-dollar proxy
$51,875
WageScope divides the published Dental Laboratory Technicians median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Dental Laboratory Technicians in Kentucky: wage guide
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 51-9081 and BLS area 21.
Questions, answered
Dental Laboratory Technicians pay in Kentucky: common questions
What is the median wage for Dental Laboratory Technicians in Kentucky?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published a median of $46,770 per year for Dental Laboratory Technicians in Kentucky. This describes an occupation-area estimate, not a promised offer or an individual's pay.
Is Dental Laboratory Technicians pay higher in Kentucky than nationally?
Kentucky's published median was 5.7% below the U.S. median for the same occupation and release.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Kentucky?
No. The BLS wage is nominal. WageScope separately shows BEA's 2024 all-items Regional Price Parity of 90.2 and a transparent national-price-dollar proxy.
How many Dental Laboratory Technicians jobs does BLS estimate in Kentucky?
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What the Dental Laboratory Technicians median says in Kentucky
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Dental Laboratory Technicians median in Kentucky at $46,770 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 51-9081 and BLS area 21.
BLS lists 420 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $48,350 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Kentucky's Dental Laboratory Technicians median is 5.7% below the U.S. Dental Laboratory Technicians median of $49,610 on the same published median. The comparison uses the same SOC code and source period. It does not add price levels, taxes, benefits, hours, or a person's work history.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 51-9081 and area 21. SOC 51-9081 names Dental Laboratory Technicians. Area 21 names Kentucky. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 51-9081/21 row reports 420 wage and salary jobs, 0.21 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 0.96 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 51-9081/21, the annual median is $46,770 per year, while the matching mean is $48,350 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
BLS area 21 facts behind this Dental Laboratory Technicians page
Area 21 reports 2,000,360 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $58,990. Its annual median is $46,920. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.3%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 51-9081 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Kentucky runs from $27,970 at the 10th percentile to $98,380 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $35,410. The median is $46,920. The 75th percentile is $66,760. This is a place check, not a pay range for Dental Laboratory Technicians.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 21. They do not show related skills or a path into Dental Laboratory Technicians.
1. Area 21, SOC 53-7062, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 57,930 jobs, $42,770 annual median, 28.96 jobs per 1,000, and 1.53 location quotient.
2. Area 21, SOC 11-1021, General and Operations Managers: 52,100 jobs, $79,370 annual median, 26.04 jobs per 1,000, and 1.16 location quotient.
3. Area 21, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 51,250 jobs, $29,650 annual median, 25.62 jobs per 1,000, and 1.02 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Kentucky wage ladder for Dental Laboratory Technicians
The 10th percentile is $21,120 per year. The 25th percentile is $37,990 per year. The median is $46,770 per year. The 75th percentile is $57,020 per year. The 90th percentile is $68,660 per year.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from $37,990 per year to $57,020 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $47,540. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Kentucky has a annual median of $46,770 per year. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $49,610 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
A state comparison is not available for Kentucky. Kentucky is 5.7% below the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Where Kentucky sits for Dental Laboratory Technicians
Kentucky ranks 38 of 47 among states and territories with a published annual median for Dental Laboratory Technicians. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.
Rank 38 of 47 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.
The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.
35. Wisconsin has a Dental Laboratory Technicians median of $47,170 per year, 800 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.23.
36. Utah has a Dental Laboratory Technicians median of $47,110 per year, 1,300 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 3.39.
37. Missouri has a Dental Laboratory Technicians median of $46,870 per year, 740 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.14.
39. Texas has a Dental Laboratory Technicians median of $46,330 per year, 1,770 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.57.
Pay leaders
Where Dental Laboratory Technicians medians lead among states and territories
The rows below use the same SOC 51-9081, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. Massachusetts has the highest published median in this set, at $72,800 per year. Kentucky sits at $46,770 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Dental Laboratory Technicians is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. Massachusetts has a Dental Laboratory Technicians median of $72,800 per year, or $26,030 above Kentucky. BLS lists 440 jobs there, compared with 420 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 0.55.
2. North Dakota has a Dental Laboratory Technicians median of $67,580 per year, or $20,810 above Kentucky. BLS lists 60 jobs there, compared with 420 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 0.67.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Dental Laboratory Technicians jobs
California has the largest published state job estimate for Dental Laboratory Technicians in this same-source set, at 4,480 jobs. Kentucky has 420. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. California has 4,480 estimated Dental Laboratory Technicians jobs, a gap of 4,060 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $47,410 per year, or $640 above Kentucky. Its location quotient is 1.11.
2. Florida has 2,330 estimated Dental Laboratory Technicians jobs, a gap of 1,910 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $59,790 per year, or $13,020 above Kentucky. Its location quotient is 1.06.
Local-share leaders
Where Dental Laboratory Technicians takes the largest share of local jobs
Utah has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 3.39. Kentucky has 0.96. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Dental Laboratory Technicians is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Utah has a location quotient of 3.39, a gap of 2.43 from Kentucky. BLS lists 1,300 Dental Laboratory Technicians jobs and a median of $47,110 per year, or $340 above Kentucky.
2. Arkansas has a location quotient of 2.93, a gap of 1.97 from Kentucky. BLS lists 840 Dental Laboratory Technicians jobs and a median of $49,960 per year, or $3,190 above Kentucky.
3. Alabama has a location quotient of 2.24, a gap of 1.28 from Kentucky. BLS lists 1,050 Dental Laboratory Technicians jobs and a median of $45,760 per year, or $1,010 below Kentucky.
Job scale and share
How common Dental Laboratory Technicians is in Kentucky
BLS lists 420 Dental Laboratory Technicians jobs in Kentucky. It also lists 0.21 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 0.96. A value of 1 means Dental Laboratory Technicians has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is the same than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Dental Laboratory Technicians beside other roles in Kentucky
The all-occupations median in Kentucky is $46,920 per year. The Dental Laboratory Technicians median is $46,770 per year. Dental Laboratory Technicians is 0.3% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.
The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Kentucky. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.
Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Dental Laboratory Technicians. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.
1. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Kentucky median of $46,810 per year. BLS lists 22,190 jobs and a location quotient of 1.13.
2. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Kentucky median of $46,550 per year. BLS lists 23,480 jobs and a location quotient of 1.33.
3. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, SOC 51-2090, has a Kentucky median of $47,950 per year. BLS lists 47,320 jobs and a location quotient of 2.62.
Area job mix
The largest detailed roles in Kentucky
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Kentucky table, at 57,930 jobs. Dental Laboratory Technicians has 420 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 2,000,360. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Dental Laboratory Technicians's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 57,930 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 57,510 from Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its median is $42,770 per year, or $4,000 below Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its location quotient is 1.53.
2. General and Operations Managers has 52,100 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 51,680 from Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its median is $79,370 per year, or $32,600 above Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its location quotient is 1.16.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Kentucky
Registered Nurses has the highest published median in the bounded Kentucky role table, at $81,040 per year. Dental Laboratory Technicians has $46,770 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $46,920 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. Registered Nurses has a median of $81,040 per year in Kentucky, or $34,270 above Dental Laboratory Technicians. BLS lists 50,300 jobs, compared with 420 for Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its location quotient is 1.16.
2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $79,370 per year in Kentucky, or $32,600 above Dental Laboratory Technicians. BLS lists 52,100 jobs, compared with 420 for Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its location quotient is 1.16.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Kentucky
Cooks, Fast Food has the highest location quotient in the bounded Kentucky role table, at 2.64. Dental Laboratory Technicians has 0.96. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Dental Laboratory Technicians with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Cooks, Fast Food has a location quotient of 2.64 in Kentucky, a gap of 1.68 from Dental Laboratory Technicians. BLS lists 21,750 jobs and a median of $23,500 per year, or $23,270 below Dental Laboratory Technicians.
2. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 2.62 in Kentucky, a gap of 1.66 from Dental Laboratory Technicians. BLS lists 47,320 jobs and a median of $47,950 per year, or $1,180 above Dental Laboratory Technicians.
Price-level view
What $46,770 may mean after the Kentucky price level
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Kentucky is 90.2. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 9.8% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
WageScope divides the $46,770 Dental Laboratory Technicians median by 90.2 divided by 100. The result is $51,875 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.
Housing is 64.3. Goods are 96.0. Utilities are 75.3. Other services are 97.3. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.
The employment RSE for this Dental Laboratory Technicians row is 14.6%. The mean-wage RSE is 4.8%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 420 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $48,350 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Dental Laboratory Technicians. It uses a Kentucky place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $46,770 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Dental Laboratory Technicians row for Kentucky does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 420 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.96 is not a growth score. Rank 38 of 47 is not a place score. The 90.2 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 51-9081 in BLS area 21. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
BLS published an employment estimate of 420 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 21, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 50,300 jobs, $81,040 annual median, 25.14 jobs per 1,000, and 1.16 location quotient.
5. Area 21, SOC 53-7065, Stockers and Order Fillers: 47,730 jobs, $36,810 annual median, 23.86 jobs per 1,000, and 1.31 location quotient.
6. Area 21, SOC 51-2090, Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators: 47,320 jobs, $47,950 annual median, 23.65 jobs per 1,000, and 2.62 location quotient.
40. Alabama has a Dental Laboratory Technicians median of $45,760 per year, 1,050 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 2.24.
41. Rhode Island has a Dental Laboratory Technicians median of $45,320 per year, Not published estimated jobs, and a location quotient of Not published.
3. Maine has a Dental Laboratory Technicians median of $64,020 per year, or $17,250 above Kentucky. BLS lists 120 jobs there, compared with 420 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 0.88.
4. Colorado has a Dental Laboratory Technicians median of $61,220 per year, or $14,450 above Kentucky. BLS lists 410 jobs there, compared with 420 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 0.65.
5. New Hampshire has a Dental Laboratory Technicians median of $60,610 per year, or $13,840 above Kentucky. BLS lists 120 jobs there, compared with 420 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 0.78.
6. Florida has a Dental Laboratory Technicians median of $59,790 per year, or $13,020 above Kentucky. BLS lists 2,330 jobs there, compared with 420 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 1.06.
7. Nebraska has a Dental Laboratory Technicians median of $58,590 per year, or $11,820 above Kentucky. BLS lists 190 jobs there, compared with 420 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 0.83.
8. Kansas has a Dental Laboratory Technicians median of $56,790 per year, or $10,020 above Kentucky. BLS lists 570 jobs there, compared with 420 in Kentucky. The location quotient is 1.78.
3. Illinois has 2,030 estimated Dental Laboratory Technicians jobs, a gap of 1,610 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $51,380 per year, or $4,610 above Kentucky. Its location quotient is 1.5.
4. New York has 1,890 estimated Dental Laboratory Technicians jobs, a gap of 1,470 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $52,460 per year, or $5,690 above Kentucky. Its location quotient is 0.88.
5. Texas has 1,770 estimated Dental Laboratory Technicians jobs, a gap of 1,350 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $46,330 per year, or $440 below Kentucky. Its location quotient is 0.57.
6. Georgia has 1,460 estimated Dental Laboratory Technicians jobs, a gap of 1,040 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $49,310 per year, or $2,540 above Kentucky. Its location quotient is 1.35.
7. Utah has 1,300 estimated Dental Laboratory Technicians jobs, a gap of 880 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $47,110 per year, or $340 above Kentucky. Its location quotient is 3.39.
8. Michigan has 1,180 estimated Dental Laboratory Technicians jobs, a gap of 760 jobs from Kentucky. Its median is $49,570 per year, or $2,800 above Kentucky. Its location quotient is 1.22.
4. Idaho has a location quotient of 1.94, a gap of 0.98 from Kentucky. BLS lists 370 Dental Laboratory Technicians jobs and a median of $47,380 per year, or $610 above Kentucky.
5. Kansas has a location quotient of 1.78, a gap of 0.82 from Kentucky. BLS lists 570 Dental Laboratory Technicians jobs and a median of $56,790 per year, or $10,020 above Kentucky.
6. Illinois has a location quotient of 1.5, a gap of 0.54 from Kentucky. BLS lists 2,030 Dental Laboratory Technicians jobs and a median of $51,380 per year, or $4,610 above Kentucky.
7. Georgia has a location quotient of 1.35, a gap of 0.39 from Kentucky. BLS lists 1,460 Dental Laboratory Technicians jobs and a median of $49,310 per year, or $2,540 above Kentucky.
8. Arizona has a location quotient of 1.33, a gap of 0.37 from Kentucky. BLS lists 950 Dental Laboratory Technicians jobs and a median of $47,930 per year, or $1,160 above Kentucky.
4. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, SOC 43-6014, has a Kentucky median of $44,200 per year. BLS lists 18,420 jobs and a location quotient of 0.84.
5. Light Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3033, has a Kentucky median of $43,230 per year. BLS lists 15,630 jobs and a location quotient of 1.24.
6. Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks, SOC 43-5071, has a Kentucky median of $42,830 per year. BLS lists 16,130 jobs and a location quotient of 1.53.
7. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, SOC 53-7062, has a Kentucky median of $42,770 per year. BLS lists 57,930 jobs and a location quotient of 1.53.
8. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, SOC 41-1011, has a Kentucky median of $40,080 per year. BLS lists 18,290 jobs and a location quotient of 1.27.
3. Retail Salespersons has 51,250 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 50,830 from Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its median is $29,650 per year, or $17,120 below Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its location quotient is 1.02.
4. Registered Nurses has 50,300 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 49,880 from Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its median is $81,040 per year, or $34,270 above Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its location quotient is 1.16.
5. Stockers and Order Fillers has 47,730 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 47,310 from Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its median is $36,810 per year, or $9,960 below Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its location quotient is 1.31.
6. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has 47,320 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 46,900 from Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its median is $47,950 per year, or $1,180 above Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its location quotient is 2.62.
7. Cashiers has 44,550 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 44,130 from Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its median is $28,590 per year, or $18,180 below Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its location quotient is 1.12.
8. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 41,860 jobs in Kentucky, a gap of 41,440 from Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its median is $27,130 per year, or $19,640 below Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its location quotient is 0.84.
3. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a median of $72,490 per year in Kentucky, or $25,720 above Dental Laboratory Technicians. BLS lists 13,820 jobs, compared with 420 for Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its location quotient is 1.6.
4. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $64,280 per year in Kentucky, or $17,510 above Dental Laboratory Technicians. BLS lists 15,550 jobs, compared with 420 for Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its location quotient is 0.98.
5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $63,180 per year in Kentucky, or $16,410 above Dental Laboratory Technicians. BLS lists 19,670 jobs, compared with 420 for Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its location quotient is 1.06.
6. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $60,610 per year in Kentucky, or $13,840 above Dental Laboratory Technicians. BLS lists 19,080 jobs, compared with 420 for Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its location quotient is 1.07.
7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $56,340 per year in Kentucky, or $9,570 above Dental Laboratory Technicians. BLS lists 31,760 jobs, compared with 420 for Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its location quotient is 1.2.
8. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a median of $47,950 per year in Kentucky, or $1,180 above Dental Laboratory Technicians. BLS lists 47,320 jobs, compared with 420 for Dental Laboratory Technicians. Its location quotient is 2.62.
3. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has a location quotient of 2.14 in Kentucky, a gap of 1.18 from Dental Laboratory Technicians. BLS lists 26,430 jobs and a median of $38,750 per year, or $8,020 below Dental Laboratory Technicians.
4. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a location quotient of 1.6 in Kentucky, a gap of 0.64 from Dental Laboratory Technicians. BLS lists 13,820 jobs and a median of $72,490 per year, or $25,720 above Dental Laboratory Technicians.
5. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has a location quotient of 1.53 in Kentucky, a gap of 0.57 from Dental Laboratory Technicians. BLS lists 57,930 jobs and a median of $42,770 per year, or $4,000 below Dental Laboratory Technicians.
6. Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks has a location quotient of 1.53 in Kentucky, a gap of 0.57 from Dental Laboratory Technicians. BLS lists 16,130 jobs and a median of $42,830 per year, or $3,940 below Dental Laboratory Technicians.
7. Food Preparation Workers has a location quotient of 1.34 in Kentucky, a gap of 0.38 from Dental Laboratory Technicians. BLS lists 15,390 jobs and a median of $26,850 per year, or $19,920 below Dental Laboratory Technicians.
8. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks has a location quotient of 1.33 in Kentucky, a gap of 0.37 from Dental Laboratory Technicians. BLS lists 23,480 jobs and a median of $46,550 per year, or $220 below Dental Laboratory Technicians.
Dental Laboratory Technicians pay in Kentucky | BLS 2025
Current jobs
Precise employer-title matches for Dental Laboratory Technicians in Kentucky
Filtered through MeritLog's approved Kentucky place record and a strict employer-title rule. Listings are not classified by BLS and remain separate from BLS and BEA estimates.
