Dental Lab Technician Salary in Montana: What Dental Lab Technicians Earn in 2026
25th percentile
$45,280
Median (50th)
$47,560
75th percentile
$56,020
National median
$49,610
BLS OEWS (SOC 51-9081), May 2025
What does a dental lab technician make in Montana?
The median dental lab technician in Montana earns $47,560 a year ($22.87 an hour), which is $2,050 below the national median of $49,610, and more than in nearby Idaho ($47,380) but less than in North Dakota ($67,580) and South Dakota ($48,370). The mean is $53,400.
That ranks 30th of the 46 states where BLS publishes a dental lab technician median.
Entry-level vs top earners in Montana
The middle half of Montana dental lab technicians earn $45,280 to $56,020. The lowest-paid tenth earn under $39,420, $2,760 above the national 10th percentile. The top tenth earn over $67,650, $9,290 below the national 90th percentile.
How far the pay goes in Montana
The Bureau of Economic Analysis puts Montana's 2024 price level at 94.6 (U.S. = 100): prices overall run 5.4% below the national average, and housing (index 84.6) runs 15.4% below.
Converted to national average prices, the $47,560 median is worth about $50,250 — $640 above the national median of $49,610.
How many dental lab technicians work in Montana
BLS counts about 110 dental lab technician jobs in Montana, 0.3% of the 34,410 nationwide, or 0.212 per 1,000 jobs in the state. Dental lab technicians hold a 4% smaller share of local jobs than nationally (location quotient 0.96).
Dental Lab Technician Salary by City in Montana
Who's hiring dental lab technicians in Montana now
DentistryHires has no open dental lab technician listings in Montana at the moment.
Dental Lab Technician Regulatory Context in Montana
Dental lab technician practice in Montana is regulated by the Montana Board of Dentistry.
Scope of practice — what a dental lab technician may do, and under what level of supervision — is set by state law and changes over time, so verify current rules with the board before relying on them.
How Montana Compares
Other dental salaries in Montana
- Dentist salary in Montana: median $167,200, $119,640 above the dental lab technician median
- Dental Hygienist salary in Montana: median $98,440, $50,880 above the dental lab technician median
- Dental Assistant salary in Montana: median $46,680, $880 below the dental lab technician median
- Orthodontist salary in Montana: median $312,840
Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (state and national estimates, all industries); U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024. Price-adjusted pay divides the median by the price level. Listing counts and posted pay are live DentistryHires listings, refreshed hourly. A dash means BLS did not publish that figure; nothing is estimated.