Dental technician

#54Declining

4/5

Key facts

−5.9%jobs, 2025 to 2035

United States

This job is declining in the United States. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: −5.9% (BLS). Future-proof jobs use similar skills: see "What next?".

The job

Makes crowns, bridges and dental appliances to a dentist's prescription.

49 job titles linked to this page

Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.

artificial limb technician
audio prosthetist
audiology assistant
audiology service technician
audiology specialist service technician
audiology specialist technician
audiology technician
certified prosthetist
chief dental technician
chief dental technologist
clinical dental technician
clinical prosthetist
dental prosthetist
dental technician
dental technologist
expert prosthetist
hearing aid acoustician
hearing aid service technician
hearing aid technician
hearing help technician
hearing instrument specialist
maxillo-facial prosthetic technician
maxillo-facial prosthetic technologist
O&P technician
orthodontic technician
orthodontic technologist
orthopaedic appliance maker
orthopaedic technician
orthotic and prosthetic technician
orthotic appliance maker
orthotic technician
orthotics technician
orthotist
prosthetic appliance maker
prosthetic brace maker
prosthetic devices maker
prosthetic support maker
prosthetic technician
prosthetic technologist
prosthetic-orthotics technician
prosthetics assembler
prosthetics maker
prosthetist-orthotist
senior dental technician
senior dental technologist
specialist prosthetist
surgical appliance maker
surgical appliance technician
technologist in prosthetics

What next?

Future-proof jobs that draw on skills close to this one. They are leads to explore, not an assessment of your profile.

Indicative matches: at launch they will come from the skills listed in official occupational directories.

Gauges

Risk 4/5 · High

AI exposureLowBLS AI exposure category "low" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)

Employment outlookSharp declineBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Dental laboratory technicians)

Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job

PayModestBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $49,610

EntryQuickBLS, typical education needed for entry

No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared

Sources

AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics

Checked on 27 October 2026.