The median salary for Ophthalmic Technicians is $28,000, or $13.50 an hour, and there are approximately 27,880 individuals nationally employed as ophthalmic technicians.

Ophthalmic Technicians Median Salary: $28,000

Bringing in a median annual pay of $28,000 nationally in 2010, ophthalmic technicians are an essential part of growing economies across the U.S.. If you break that annual pay down, ophthalmic technicians took home $13.50 an hour that year. Location can play a big role in how much you get paid, but it's nothing compared to how much incomes differ because of education and experience, which means solid training is absolutely critical.

As reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2010 an approximate 27,880 were employed as ophthalmic technicians nationally. The most successful ophthalmic technicians regularly tend to be realistic and conventional. If you are intending to move up in this field, it's essential to have the right mix of attributes and solid training.

Individuals intending to move up in this occupation should be skilled in: Far Vision Deductive Reasoning Speech Clarity Reaction Time Category Flexibility

A few personal attributes can be helpful for ophthalmic technicians, such as: Attention to Detail Adaptability/Flexibility Analytical Thinking

Ophthalmic technicians looking to progress need solid training in: Customer and Personal Service Mathematics

Regularly called on to perform making decisions and solving problems, organizing, planning, and prioritizing work, and processing information, ophthalmic technicians need special training to flourish in their field. Read on for more info about ophthalmic technicians in metro areas nationally. See about everything from incomes to job density.

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Alabama

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Birmingham	90	$22,600	$10.80	$28,800	$13.90	-11.9%
Huntsville	40	$23,900	$11.50	$28,200	$13.50	-2.7%

Arizona

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Phoenix	530	$30,000	$14.40	$38,800	$18.70	42.9%
Tucson	80	$35,400	$17.00	$42,200	$20.30	9.6%

Arkansas

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fort Smith	NA	$24,100	$11.60	$28,300	$13.60	NA

California

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Los Angeles (Area)	740	$22,300	$10.70	$29,400	$14.10	-34.7%
Modesto	NA	$25,300	$12.10	$33,100	$15.90	NA
Oakland	130	$32,000	$15.40	$40,900	$19.70	-36.1%
Riverside	NA	$32,200	$15.50	$35,900	$17.30	NA
San Diego	NA	$30,300	$14.60	$34,600	$16.60	NA
San Francisco (Area)	190	$32,200	$15.50	$37,900	$18.20	-54.3%
San Francisco (City)	60	$32,600	$15.70	$36,400	$17.50	-72.6%
San Jose	NA	$19,600	$9.40	$28,800	$13.80	NA

Colorado

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boulder	100	$41,800	$20.10	$51,900	$25.00	185.8%
Denver	610	$36,800	$17.70	$45,500	$21.90	135.2%
Grand Junction	30	$40,300	$19.40	$45,400	$21.80	147.5%

Connecticut

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	90	$40,000	$19.20	$54,400	$26.10	-2.3%
Hartford	NA	$34,300	$16.50	$38,300	$18.40	NA
New Haven	NA	$31,300	$15.10	$38,300	$18.40	NA

District of Columbia

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	310	$34,200	$16.40	$38,800	$18.60	-50.2%

Florida

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Cape Coral	90	$30,800	$14.80	$37,000	$17.80	101.8%
Deltona	60	$29,900	$14.40	$32,300	$15.50	87.2%
Jacksonville	340	$40,200	$19.30	$45,700	$22.00	174.4%
Lakeland	50	$24,600	$11.80	$40,800	$19.60	27.4%
Miami (Area)	930	$28,700	$13.80	$33,600	$16.20	98.6%
Naples	60	$23,600	$11.40	$25,600	$12.30	147.5%
Ocala	40	$24,900	$12.00	$29,000	$13.90	105.9%
Orlando	NA	$28,200	$13.60	$35,900	$17.30	NA
Palm Bay	40	$28,000	$13.50	$31,600	$15.20	-4.1%
Pensacola	30	$28,800	$13.90	$31,300	$15.10	-5.5%
Tallahassee	NA	$22,600	$10.90	$35,400	$17.00	NA
Tampa	1,080	$25,700	$12.40	$32,000	$15.40	353.4%

Georgia

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlanta	1,020	$26,200	$12.60	$32,700	$15.70	111%
Augusta	40	$26,700	$12.90	$30,100	$14.50	-6.4%
Columbus	NA	$25,300	$12.20	$30,000	$14.40	NA

Hawaii

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	110	$24,400	$11.80	$31,400	$15.10	20.5%

Illinois

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chicago (Area)	790	$33,200	$16.00	$39,800	$19.10	-13.2%

Indiana

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Evansville	70	$27,100	$13.00	$31,800	$15.30	103.2%
Fort Wayne	80	$22,100	$10.70	$27,900	$13.40	80.4%
Indianapolis	40	$33,000	$15.90	$36,400	$17.50	-77.2%

Iowa

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Des Moines	NA	$26,200	$12.60	$30,900	$14.80	NA
Iowa City	NA	$31,500	$15.20	$35,500	$17.10	NA

Kansas

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Topeka	NA	$24,100	$11.60	$30,400	$14.60	NA
Wichita	70	$29,300	$14.10	$34,800	$16.70	20.1%

Kentucky

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Elizabethtown	40	$21,700	$10.40	$23,400	$11.20	282.2%
Louisville	50	$30,100	$14.50	$35,500	$17.10	-63.5%

Louisiana

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baton Rouge	110	$24,800	$11.90	$28,500	$13.70	39.3%
Houma	NA	$26,800	$12.90	$31,000	$14.90	NA
New Orleans	150	$25,400	$12.20	$33,200	$16.00	39.7%

Maryland

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	270	$30,500	$14.70	$37,500	$18.00	-1.8%

Massachusetts

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boston (Area)	300	$34,000	$16.40	$41,400	$19.90	-42.5%
Springfield	150	$32,100	$15.40	$41,200	$19.80	146.6%

Michigan

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Detroit (Area)	160	$32,700	$15.70	$51,100	$24.60	-56.6%
Grand Rapids	110	$33,400	$16.10	$47,300	$22.70	44.3%

Minnesota

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Minneapolis	640	$31,900	$15.30	$39,700	$19.10	75.3%
St. Cloud	170	$25,000	$12.00	$29,100	$14.00	742%

Mississippi

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Jackson	NA	$24,500	$11.80	$28,900	$13.90	NA
Pascagoula	40	$24,000	$11.60	$29,300	$14.10	203.7%

Missouri

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Kansas City	340	$27,900	$13.40	$35,000	$16.80	64.8%
Springfield	90	$21,200	$10.20	$28,600	$13.80	114.6%
St. Louis	180	NA	NA	NA	NA	-36.5%

Nebraska

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lincoln	30	$27,100	$13.00	$32,300	$15.50	-6.8%
Omaha	180	$24,300	$11.70	$30,100	$14.50	84.9%

Nevada

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Las Vegas	NA	$27,800	$13.40	$32,600	$15.70	NA
Reno	NA	$28,800	$13.80	$32,900	$15.80	NA

New Hampshire

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manchester	NA	$25,700	$12.30	$30,100	$14.50	NA

New Jersey

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Trenton	NA	$29,400	$14.10	$32,700	$15.70	NA

New Mexico

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	140	$35,200	$16.90	$40,500	$19.50	68.9%

New York

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	180	$40,100	$19.30	$43,900	$21.10	98.6%
Buffalo	NA	$24,100	$11.60	$29,200	$14.10	NA
New York (Area)	1,330	$30,500	$14.70	$37,300	$17.90	-25.1%
Poughkeepsie	NA	$37,400	$18.00	$43,100	$20.70	NA
Rochester	300	$33,300	$16.00	$39,000	$18.80	180.4%
Syracuse	130	$22,900	$11.00	$30,700	$14.80	101.4%
Utica	NA	$37,100	$17.80	$39,500	$19.00	NA

North Carolina

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charlotte	180	$28,200	$13.50	$33,200	$16.00	-0.9%

Ohio

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Cincinnati	190	$30,800	$14.80	$39,800	$19.20	-9.1%
Cleveland	120	$30,700	$14.70	$39,100	$18.80	-43.8%
Columbus	220	$25,100	$12.10	$29,700	$14.30	14.6%
Dayton	NA	$23,400	$11.30	$29,400	$14.10	NA
Toledo	40	$27,500	$13.20	$42,200	$20.30	-29.2%
Youngstown	NA	$26,100	$12.50	$33,300	$16.00	NA

Oklahoma

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Oklahoma City	120	$20,300	$9.80	$24,300	$11.70	-2.3%
Tulsa	130	$22,800	$11.00	$26,400	$12.70	42.5%

Oregon

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Portland	230	$33,200	$16.00	$37,300	$17.90	10.5%

Pennsylvania

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	80	$28,400	$13.70	$34,300	$16.50	6.4%
Altoona	60	$27,600	$13.30	$32,500	$15.60	411.4%
Harrisburg	NA	$29,800	$14.40	$32,800	$15.80	NA
Lancaster	NA	$25,300	$12.10	$31,000	$14.90	NA
Philadelphia (Area)	410	$30,000	$14.40	$36,800	$17.70	-27.9%
Pittsburgh	NA	$30,700	$14.70	$34,200	$16.50	NA
State College	NA	$27,200	$13.10	$29,500	$14.20	NA
York	100	$27,800	$13.40	$32,100	$15.40	173.5%

Rhode Island

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	370	$27,400	$13.20	$34,200	$16.50	219.6%

South Carolina

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	50	$36,100	$17.30	$39,700	$19.10	-11.4%
Columbia	80	$23,100	$11.10	$32,300	$15.50	11%
Greenville	170	$31,300	$15.00	$35,800	$17.20	174%

South Dakota

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Sioux Falls	40	$27,700	$13.30	$30,100	$14.50	47.9%

Tennessee

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chattanooga	60	$23,600	$11.40	$27,600	$13.30	34.7%
Clarksville	40	$25,300	$12.20	$28,800	$13.90	120.1%
Jackson	30	$19,700	$9.50	$23,900	$11.50	145.7%
Johnson City	30	$20,500	$9.90	$24,900	$12.00	95.9%
Kingsport	70	$25,300	$12.20	$29,600	$14.20	181.7%
Knoxville	NA	$21,600	$10.40	$23,200	$11.20	NA
Memphis	130	$22,700	$10.90	$29,700	$14.30	3.7%
Nashville	260	$20,300	$9.80	$24,300	$11.70	65.8%

Texas

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Austin	NA	$26,700	$12.80	$32,100	$15.40	NA
Corpus Christi	NA	$23,300	$11.20	$25,200	$12.10	NA
Dallas (Area)	1,070	$22,200	$10.70	$28,600	$13.70	72.6%
El Paso	60	$28,300	$13.60	$35,700	$17.20	5.5%
Houston	380	$28,200	$13.50	$35,900	$17.30	-30.6%
McAllen	NA	$18,600	$9.00	$23,200	$11.20	NA
San Antonio	540	$20,500	$9.80	$25,000	$12.00	195.9%

Utah

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Salt Lake City	NA	$26,400	$12.70	$30,100	$14.50	NA

Virginia

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Richmond	90	$29,000	$13.90	$35,700	$17.20	-32.9%
Virginia Beach	350	$22,700	$10.90	$35,400	$17.00	126%

Washington

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bremerton	60	$23,300	$11.20	$29,900	$14.40	266.7%
Seattle (Area)	NA	$40,400	$19.40	$44,200	$21.30	NA

West Virginia

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Huntington	30	$23,700	$11.40	$28,000	$13.50	34.2%
Parkersburg	60	$25,700	$12.30	$29,900	$14.40	327.9%

Wisconsin

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Green Bay	110	$32,900	$15.80	$36,400	$17.50	208.2%
Madison	40	$30,400	$14.60	$37,800	$18.20	-42%
Milwaukee	180	$28,000	$13.50	$36,600	$17.60	6.8%

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