29 Series · SOC 29-1041
Optometrists
National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)
Median Salary
$134,830
per year
Median Hourly
$64.82/hr
per hour
Mean Salary
$140,940
average
Employment
41,890
jobs nationwide
Salary Range
Annual Salary Distribution
Hourly Rate Distribution
10th Percentile
$70,060
25th Percentile
$103,310
Median
$134,830
75th Percentile
$163,710
90th Percentile
$203,210
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
Lowest Paying States
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| # | State | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | $165,830 | +23% above national |
| 2 | New York | $163,040 | +21% above national |
| 3 | Maryland | $157,830 | +17% above national |
| 4 | Washington | $157,650 | +17% above national |
| 5 | New Jersey | $156,000 | +16% above national |
| 6 | Vermont | $156,000 | +16% above national |
| 7 | New Mexico | $154,630 | +15% above national |
| 8 | District of Columbia | $154,300 | +14% above national |
| 9 | North Carolina | $153,750 | +14% above national |
| 10 | Massachusetts | $150,820 | +12% above national |
| 11 | Minnesota | $150,020 | +11% above national |
| 12 | Nevada | $146,760 | +9% above national |
| 13 | Rhode Island | $144,360 | +7% above national |
| 14 | Connecticut | $143,000 | +6% above national |
| 15 | Delaware | $137,910 | +2% above national |
| 16 | Wisconsin | $137,650 | +2% above national |
| 17 | South Carolina | $137,450 | +2% above national |
| 18 | Colorado | $137,370 | +2% above national |
| 19 | California | $137,070 | +2% above national |
| 20 | Hawaii | $136,670 | +1% above national |
| 21 | Illinois | $136,200 | +1% above national |
| 22 | Arizona | $134,430 | same as national |
| 23 | Maine | $133,470 | 1% below national |
| 24 | Kentucky | $132,000 | 2% below national |
| 25 | Michigan | $131,700 | 2% below national |
| 26 | New Hampshire | $130,310 | 3% below national |
| 27 | West Virginia | $130,190 | 3% below national |
| 28 | Ohio | $130,000 | 4% below national |
| 29 | Alabama | $129,700 | 4% below national |
| 30 | Georgia | $129,690 | 4% below national |
| 31 | Florida | $129,500 | 4% below national |
| 32 | North Dakota | $128,940 | 4% below national |
| 33 | Kansas | $128,510 | 5% below national |
| 34 | Texas | $128,360 | 5% below national |
| 35 | Pennsylvania | $128,260 | 5% below national |
| 36 | Indiana | $127,080 | 6% below national |
| 37 | Utah | $124,830 | 7% below national |
| 38 | Louisiana | $120,080 | 11% below national |
| 39 | Iowa | $119,990 | 11% below national |
| 40 | Oregon | $119,980 | 11% below national |
| 41 | South Dakota | $118,980 | 12% below national |
| 42 | Nebraska | $116,850 | 13% below national |
| 43 | Missouri | $113,030 | 16% below national |
| 44 | Tennessee | $110,660 | 18% below national |
| 45 | Puerto Rico | $109,980 | 18% below national |
| 46 | Montana | $108,600 | 19% below national |
| 47 | Mississippi | $107,600 | 20% below national |
| 48 | Arkansas | $99,970 | 26% below national |
| 49 | Oklahoma | $98,890 | 27% below national |
| 50 | Wyoming | $88,410 | 34% below national |
| 51 | Idaho | $66,880 | 50% below national |
Salary by Metro Area
Highest Paying Metros
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| # | Metro Area | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | $176,930 | +31% above national |
| 2 | Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $166,920 | +24% above national |
| 3 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $165,870 | +23% above national |
| 4 | Reno, NV | $165,060 | +22% above national |
| 5 | Albuquerque, NM | $165,050 | +22% above national |
| 6 | Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | $164,560 | +22% above national |
| 7 | Syracuse, NY | $163,400 | +21% above national |
| 8 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $163,320 | +21% above national |
| 9 | Anchorage, AK | $162,980 | +21% above national |
| 10 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $162,820 | +21% above national |
| 11 | New Haven, CT | $162,450 | +20% above national |
| 12 | Winston-Salem, NC | $162,090 | +20% above national |
| 13 | Fayetteville, NC | $161,820 | +20% above national |
| 14 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $161,120 | +19% above national |
| 15 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $160,520 | +19% above national |
| 16 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $160,390 | +19% above national |
| 17 | Boulder, CO | $159,830 | +19% above national |
| 18 | Dover, DE | $159,700 | +18% above national |
| 19 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $159,190 | +18% above national |
| 20 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $157,750 | +17% above national |
| 21 | Barnstable Town, MA | $156,810 | +16% above national |
| 22 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $156,610 | +16% above national |
| 23 | Vallejo, CA | $156,410 | +16% above national |
| 24 | Burlington-South Burlington, VT | $156,000 | +16% above national |
| 25 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $155,890 | +16% above national |
| 26 | Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $155,770 | +16% above national |
| 27 | Wilmington, NC | $155,760 | +16% above national |
| 28 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $155,310 | +15% above national |
| 29 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $155,200 | +15% above national |
| 30 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $154,700 | +15% above national |
| 31 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $154,450 | +15% above national |
| 32 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $154,120 | +14% above national |
| 33 | Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | $153,870 | +14% above national |
| 34 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $153,730 | +14% above national |
| 35 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | $152,660 | +13% above national |
| 36 | Rochester, MN | $151,470 | +12% above national |
| 37 | Kennewick-Richland, WA | $151,320 | +12% above national |
| 38 | Worcester, MA | $150,820 | +12% above national |
| 39 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $149,510 | +11% above national |
| 40 | Salinas, CA | $149,510 | +11% above national |
| 41 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $149,340 | +11% above national |
| 42 | Jacksonville, FL | $148,040 | +10% above national |
| 43 | Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area | $147,640 | +10% above national |
| 44 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $147,380 | +9% above national |
| 45 | Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area | $145,350 | +8% above national |
| 46 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $145,210 | +8% above national |
| 47 | Green Bay, WI | $144,010 | +7% above national |
| 48 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $142,380 | +6% above national |
| 49 | Tucson, AZ | $141,530 | +5% above national |
| 50 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $140,880 | +4% above national |
| 51 | South Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $140,820 | +4% above national |
| 52 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $140,650 | +4% above national |
| 53 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $140,450 | +4% above national |
| 54 | Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $140,010 | +4% above national |
| 55 | Rochester, NY | $139,990 | +4% above national |
| 56 | Akron, OH | $139,600 | +4% above national |
| 57 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $139,560 | +4% above national |
| 58 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $139,550 | +4% above national |
| 59 | Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | $139,230 | +3% above national |
| 60 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $138,510 | +3% above national |
| 61 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $138,270 | +3% above national |
| 62 | Appleton, WI | $138,050 | +2% above national |
| 63 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $137,840 | +2% above national |
| 64 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | $137,660 | +2% above national |
| 65 | Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | $137,510 | +2% above national |
| 66 | Lubbock, TX | $137,390 | +2% above national |
| 67 | Columbia, SC | $137,250 | +2% above national |
| 68 | Modesto, CA | $137,130 | +2% above national |
| 69 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $137,120 | +2% above national |
| 70 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $137,070 | +2% above national |
| 71 | Birmingham, AL | $137,050 | +2% above national |
| 72 | York-Hanover, PA | $136,560 | +1% above national |
| 73 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $136,050 | +1% above national |
| 74 | Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area | $135,360 | same as national |
| 75 | Springfield, MA | $135,190 | same as national |
| 76 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $134,820 | same as national |
| 77 | Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $134,810 | same as national |
| 78 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $134,800 | same as national |
| 79 | Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | $134,760 | same as national |
| 80 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | $134,750 | same as national |
| 81 | Columbus, OH | $134,560 | same as national |
| 82 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $134,430 | same as national |
| 83 | El Paso, TX | $134,300 | same as national |
| 84 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $134,250 | same as national |
| 85 | Reading, PA | $133,900 | 1% below national |
| 86 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $133,550 | 1% below national |
| 87 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $133,350 | 1% below national |
| 88 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $133,310 | 1% below national |
| 89 | Tulsa, OK | $133,250 | 1% below national |
| 90 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $133,240 | 1% below national |
| 91 | Huntsville, AL | $132,700 | 2% below national |
| 92 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | $132,700 | 2% below national |
| 93 | Ogden, UT | $132,590 | 2% below national |
| 94 | Ann Arbor, MI | $132,450 | 2% below national |
| 95 | Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | $132,350 | 2% below national |
| 96 | Richmond, VA | $132,120 | 2% below national |
| 97 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $132,110 | 2% below national |
| 98 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $132,000 | 2% below national |
| 99 | Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $132,000 | 2% below national |
| 100 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $131,890 | 2% below national |
| 101 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $131,810 | 2% below national |
| 102 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | $131,710 | 2% below national |
| 103 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | $131,700 | 2% below national |
| 104 | Rockford, IL | $131,570 | 2% below national |
| 105 | Chico, CA | $131,540 | 2% below national |
| 106 | Corpus Christi, TX | $131,450 | 3% below national |
| 107 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $131,310 | 3% below national |
| 108 | Peoria, IL | $131,270 | 3% below national |
| 109 | Bloomington, IL | $130,970 | 3% below national |
| 110 | Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | $130,840 | 3% below national |
| 111 | Visalia, CA | $130,770 | 3% below national |
| 112 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $130,620 | 3% below national |
| 113 | Mobile, AL | $130,580 | 3% below national |
| 114 | South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $130,450 | 3% below national |
| 115 | Flint, MI | $130,220 | 3% below national |
| 116 | West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $130,000 | 4% below national |
| 117 | Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $129,830 | 4% below national |
| 118 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $129,740 | 4% below national |
| 119 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $129,530 | 4% below national |
| 120 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $129,440 | 4% below national |
| 121 | Fresno, CA | $129,250 | 4% below national |
| 122 | North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | $129,180 | 4% below national |
| 123 | Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | $129,010 | 4% below national |
| 124 | Port St. Lucie, FL | $128,970 | 4% below national |
| 125 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $128,860 | 4% below national |
| 126 | Salem, OR | $128,820 | 4% below national |
| 127 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $128,810 | 4% below national |
| 128 | Fargo, ND-MN | $128,780 | 4% below national |
| 129 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $128,660 | 5% below national |
| 130 | Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $128,510 | 5% below national |
| 131 | Topeka, KS | $128,510 | 5% below national |
| 132 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $128,270 | 5% below national |
| 133 | Traverse City, MI | $128,130 | 5% below national |
| 134 | Grand Forks, ND-MN | $128,070 | 5% below national |
| 135 | East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $127,980 | 5% below national |
| 136 | St. George, UT | $127,910 | 5% below national |
| 137 | Albany, GA | $127,540 | 5% below national |
| 138 | Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area | $127,530 | 5% below national |
| 139 | Lancaster, PA | $127,440 | 5% below national |
| 140 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $127,250 | 6% below national |
| 141 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $127,140 | 6% below national |
| 142 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $126,710 | 6% below national |
| 143 | Sioux Falls, SD-MN | $126,630 | 6% below national |
| 144 | South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | $126,210 | 6% below national |
| 145 | Bismarck, ND | $126,160 | 6% below national |
| 146 | Toledo, OH | $126,050 | 7% below national |
| 147 | Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $125,990 | 7% below national |
| 148 | Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $125,700 | 7% below national |
| 149 | Cleveland, OH | $125,610 | 7% below national |
| 150 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $125,280 | 7% below national |
| 151 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $125,230 | 7% below national |
| 152 | Colorado Springs, CO | $125,210 | 7% below national |
| 153 | Omaha, NE-IA | $125,180 | 7% below national |
| 154 | West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $125,100 | 7% below national |
| 155 | Savannah, GA | $124,920 | 7% below national |
| 156 | Lynchburg, VA | $124,860 | 7% below national |
| 157 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $124,780 | 7% below national |
| 158 | Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | $124,620 | 8% below national |
| 159 | Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $124,620 | 8% below national |
| 160 | Fort Wayne, IN | $124,580 | 8% below national |
| 161 | Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | $124,370 | 8% below national |
| 162 | Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $124,360 | 8% below national |
| 163 | Baton Rouge, LA | $124,190 | 8% below national |
| 164 | Madison, WI | $124,070 | 8% below national |
| 165 | Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $123,040 | 9% below national |
| 166 | Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $122,950 | 9% below national |
| 167 | Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $122,420 | 9% below national |
| 168 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | $122,370 | 9% below national |
| 169 | Binghamton, NY | $122,270 | 9% below national |
| 170 | Cedar Rapids, IA | $121,930 | 10% below national |
| 171 | East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $121,830 | 10% below national |
| 172 | Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $121,520 | 10% below national |
| 173 | Evansville, IN | $121,230 | 10% below national |
| 174 | Kansas nonmetropolitan area | $121,180 | 10% below national |
| 175 | Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $120,850 | 10% below national |
| 176 | Jackson, MS | $120,800 | 10% below national |
| 177 | North Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $120,590 | 11% below national |
| 178 | Wichita, KS | $120,150 | 11% below national |
| 179 | Erie, PA | $119,990 | 11% below national |
| 180 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | $119,990 | 11% below national |
| 181 | North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $119,990 | 11% below national |
| 182 | Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $119,750 | 11% below national |
| 183 | Eugene-Springfield, OR | $119,410 | 11% below national |
| 184 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $119,270 | 12% below national |
| 185 | Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $119,250 | 12% below national |
| 186 | Springfield, MO | $119,070 | 12% below national |
| 187 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | $118,910 | 12% below national |
| 188 | Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $118,250 | 12% below national |
| 189 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $118,180 | 12% below national |
| 190 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $117,560 | 13% below national |
| 191 | San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $115,420 | 14% below national |
| 192 | East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area | $114,540 | 15% below national |
| 193 | Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $114,120 | 15% below national |
| 194 | Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $113,670 | 16% below national |
| 195 | Pittsburgh, PA | $113,580 | 16% below national |
| 196 | Bend, OR | $113,250 | 16% below national |
| 197 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $113,030 | 16% below national |
| 198 | Roanoke, VA | $113,030 | 16% below national |
| 199 | Canton-Massillon, OH | $112,890 | 16% below national |
| 200 | Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $111,760 | 17% below national |
| 201 | West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $111,450 | 17% below national |
| 202 | Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $111,450 | 17% below national |
| 203 | South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area | $110,440 | 18% below national |
| 204 | Lincoln, NE | $109,880 | 19% below national |
| 205 | Jonesboro, AR | $109,300 | 19% below national |
| 206 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | $108,920 | 19% below national |
| 207 | Knoxville, TN | $107,000 | 21% below national |
| 208 | Billings, MT | $106,540 | 21% below national |
| 209 | Youngstown-Warren, OH | $105,750 | 22% below national |
| 210 | Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area | $104,990 | 22% below national |
| 211 | South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $104,200 | 23% below national |
| 212 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | $103,900 | 23% below national |
| 213 | Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | $103,380 | 23% below national |
| 214 | Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $102,990 | 24% below national |
| 215 | Oklahoma City, OK | $100,400 | 26% below national |
| 216 | Naples-Marco Island, FL | $99,300 | 26% below national |
| 217 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $98,490 | 27% below national |
| 218 | Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area | $98,090 | 27% below national |
| 219 | Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $98,080 | 27% below national |
| 220 | North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) | $97,460 | 28% below national |
| 221 | North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area | $96,050 | 29% below national |
| 222 | Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $95,930 | 29% below national |
| 223 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $95,560 | 29% below national |
| 224 | Rapid City, SD | $92,860 | 31% below national |
| 225 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $92,700 | 31% below national |
| 226 | Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $92,630 | 31% below national |
| 227 | Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $91,030 | 32% below national |
| 228 | Boise City, ID | $86,130 | 36% below national |
| 229 | Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | $81,910 | 39% below national |
| 230 | Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $75,860 | 44% below national |