Dental Laboratory Technicians
Occupation · SOC 2018 51-9081 · United States
- SOC 2018 code
- 51-9081
- Share of U.S. applications
- 0.01%
- Applications on record
- 891
- FY2025
- 64
- Median offered wage
- $56,160
- Certified (last three years)
- 92.1%
- Main route
- PERM labour certification
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Applications year by year
Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Dental Laboratory Technicians (SOC 51-9081). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.
Applications by fiscal year — Dental Laboratory Technicians
Data table
| FY2008 | 62 |
| FY2009 | 51 |
| FY2010 | 79 |
| FY2011 | 42 |
| FY2012 | 36 |
| FY2013 | 33 |
| FY2014 | 24 |
| FY2015 | 58 |
| FY2016 | 76 |
| FY2017 | 69 |
| FY2018 | 57 |
| FY2019 | 51 |
| FY2020 | 34 |
| FY2021 | 33 |
| FY2022 | 30 |
| FY2023 | 31 |
| FY2024 | 34 |
| FY2025 | 64 |
| FY2026* | 27 |
| Fiscal year | CW-1 | H-2B | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| FY2025 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 57 |
| FY2024 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 26 |
| FY2023 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| FY2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| FY2021 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 27 |
| FY2020 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 28 |
| FY2019 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 45 |
| FY2018 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 |
| FY2017 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 61 |
| FY2016 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 58 |
| FY2015 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 43 |
| FY2014 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| FY2013 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 |
| FY2011 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 26 |
| FY2010 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 55 |
| FY2009 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 45 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- American Dental Designs Inc22
- Newtech Dental Laboratories, Inc.15
- Crystal Dental Lab Inc11
- YM Dental Lab Inc11
- Oral Arts Dental Laboratories11
- G&H Dental Arts, Inc.10
- Protech Dental Studio Inc.10
- Truabutment, Inc.9
- Aki Yoshida, Inc.8
- Midwest Dental Arts8
- Universal Dental Laboratory LLC8
- Acl Hawaii, Inc.8
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Dental Laboratory Technicians: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| CA | 230 |
| VA | 93 |
| PA | 75 |
| MA | 53 |
| NY | 47 |
| TX | 39 |
| FL | 35 |
| IL | 35 |
| NJ | 30 |
| AZ | 28 |
| MD | 20 |
| GA | 18 |
| WA | 18 |
| NC | 17 |
| AL | 15 |
| MP | 15 |
| TN | 11 |
| HI | 9 |
| MI | 9 |
| OH | 8 |
| UT | 7 |
| AR | 7 |
| MO | 6 |
| KY | 5 |
| ME | 5 |
| OR | 5 |
| CO | 5 |
| IA | 5 |
| RI | 5 |
| MT | 4 |
| KS | 4 |
| CT | 4 |
| NV | 3 |
| NM | 2 |
| MN | 2 |
| AK | 2 |
| MS | 2 |
| ID | 2 |
| WI | 2 |
| LA | 2 |
| OK | 2 |
| DC | 1 |
| SC | 1 |
| IN | 1 |
| PR | 1 |
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA149
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV99
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ69
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD68
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH53
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN34
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ28
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA22
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX20
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA16
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)
Median $56,160; middle half $50,000 to $70,158 · median prevailing wage $53,061 (marker) · 9 applications.
- Level II2
- Level III5
- Level IV4
- Dental Laboratory Technician42
- Master Dental Ceramist11
- Dental Laboratory Supervisor10
- Dental Technician8
- Dental Ceramist/dental Technician8
- Dental Laboratory Technologist7
- Master Ceramist6
- Master Dental Technologist4
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