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

$70,060$103,310$134,830$163,710$203,210
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$33.68$49.67$64.82$78.71$97.70
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$70,060

25th Percentile

$103,310

Median

$134,830

75th Percentile

$163,710

90th Percentile

$203,210

Salary by State

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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

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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

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.