Dental Laboratory Aid and Technician
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Dental Laboratory Aid and Technician occupation series (code 0683), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Dental Laboratory Aid and Technician is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 428 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family. At an average salary of $74,519 it pays below the federal average, and headcount edged up from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- +0.5%
- Pay change
- +0.1%
- Avg tenure
- 14.6 yrs
- Rank in family
- #36 of 45
What the Numbers Say About Dental Laboratory Aid and Technician
On pay, the move between reporting periods was a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change. On length of service, this series shows a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. Headcount moved up versus the prior period, though at this small a headcount, year-to-year swings can reflect a handful of hires or departures rather than a broad hiring trend.
Dental Laboratory Aid and Technician sits inside the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family (code 06), which contains 45 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Dental Laboratory Aid and Technician postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family. Dental Laboratory Aid and Technician makes up 0.1% of the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family's 339,162 combined employees.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Dental Laboratory Aid and Technician pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$74,519
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-36.5%
Where Dental Laboratory Aid and Technician ranks on lean federal pay
Dental Laboratory Aid and Technician earns more on average than 31% of federal occupation series (166 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Dental Laboratory Aid and Technician sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Dental Laboratory Aid and Technician.
Related Occupations in Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse | 106,218 | $132,267 | 10.2 yrs |
| Medical Support Assistance | 39,856 | $58,279 | 8.2 yrs |
| Medical Officer | 34,687 | $301,569 | 11.6 yrs |
| General Health Science | 17,434 | $133,765 | 11.9 yrs |
| Practical Nurse | 16,755 | $75,898 | 10.4 yrs |
| Pharmacist | 14,529 | $167,390 | 11.1 yrs |
| Nursing Assistant | 14,498 | $55,851 | 7.8 yrs |
| Health Aid and Technician | 12,490 | $61,276 | 10.8 yrs |
| Health System Specialist | 7,966 | $110,534 | 15.9 yrs |
| Pharmacy Technician | 7,658 | $70,794 | 9.5 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Dental Laboratory Aid and Technician outside the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (428 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($74,519 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Dental Laboratory Aid and Technician pay in context with the pay-rank chart above, then compare it with another occupation.
- Turn an average salary into a grade: the GS pay grade tables show how grades and steps map to pay.
- Browse the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Dental Laboratory Aid and Technician postings on USAJOBS.
OPM FedScope and Federal Workforce Data figures are federal civilian headcounts, average salaries, and length-of-service statistics - not job-quality scores, hiring advice, or a live vacancy listing. A larger or higher-paid agency is not a better employer.