Frequently optometry doctors are described as being investigative, social and realistic.

Optometry Doctors Median Salary: $95,000

In 2010, optometry doctors earned a median annual pay of $95,000 as essential, contributing members of growing economies nationally. If you break that annual pay down, optometry doctors earned $45.70 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 fluctuate because of education and experience, which means top-notch training is definitely critical.

An approximate 26,480 people worked as optometry doctors in 2010, as the U.S. Department of Labor reports. Frequently optometry doctors are described as being investigative, social, and realistic. The right mix of traits and good training is essential for people intending to advance in this field.

Optometry doctors are regularly skilled in: Deductive Reasoning Oral Expression Oral Comprehension Visual Color Discrimination Manual Dexterity

A few personal traits can be valuable for optometry doctors, such as: Attention to Detail Achievement/Effort Social Orientation

Important subjects for optometry doctors include: Medicine and Dentistry Psychology Administration and Management Sales and Marketing Personnel and Human Resources

Frequently called on to perform guiding, directing, and motivating subordinates, staffing organizational units, and estimating the quantifiable characteristics of products, events, or information, optometry doctors need specific training to thrive in their field. Keep reading for more information on optometry doctors, including incomes and job density for metro areas all over the U.S.

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Alabama

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Huntsville	40	$67,600	$32.50	$94,800	$45.60	2.4%

Alaska

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anchorage	40	$107,700	$51.80	$166,400+	$80.00+	5.3%

Arizona

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Phoenix	310	$87,800	$42.20	$102,500	$49.30	-10.6%
Tucson	90	$83,100	$40.00	$94,800	$45.60	27.4%

Arkansas

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fayetteville	110	$55,300	$26.60	$77,300	$37.20	171.2%

California

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bakersfield	NA	$112,300	$54.00	$138,000	$66.40	NA
Fresno	70	$100,300	$48.20	$164,400	$79.00	6.7%
Los Angeles (Area)	980	$88,600	$42.60	$122,100	$58.70	-9.1%
Modesto	40	$110,400	$53.10	$143,900	$69.20	42.8%
Oakland	240	$94,700	$45.50	$125,600	$60.40	20.7%
Oxnard	90	$97,900	$47.10	$109,000	$52.40	55.3%
Redding	NA	$94,100	$45.30	$112,700	$54.20	NA
Riverside	330	$97,000	$46.60	$117,500	$56.50	38.9%
Sacramento	190	$88,900	$42.70	$102,700	$49.40	13%
Salinas	30	$117,000	$56.30	$135,200	$65.00	3.4%
San Diego	260	$127,700	$61.40	$150,500	$72.30	1.4%
San Francisco (Area)	430	$86,300	$41.50	$115,300	$55.40	8.7%
San Francisco (City)	190	$79,300	$38.10	$94,400	$45.40	-3.8%
San Jose	150	$102,300	$49.20	$135,400	$65.10	-13.5%
Santa Rosa	40	$101,800	$48.90	$132,700	$63.80	15.9%
Stockton	30	$112,400	$54.00	$129,700	$62.30	-17.3%

Colorado

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boulder	70	$97,800	$47.00	$125,000	$60.10	120.7%
Colorado Springs	70	$99,100	$47.70	$111,900	$53.80	35.1%
Denver	380	$79,900	$38.40	$103,000	$49.50	52.9%
Fort Collins	30	$81,100	$39.00	$113,700	$54.70	17.8%

Connecticut

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	120	$110,600	$53.20	$159,100	$76.50	37%
Hartford	NA	$85,900	$41.30	$105,200	$50.60	NA
New Haven	50	$131,600	$63.30	$166,400+	$80.00+	-16.3%

Delaware

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Dover	40	$69,700	$33.50	$74,000	$35.60	260.6%

District of Columbia

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	450	$106,400	$51.10	$136,700	$65.70	-24%

Florida

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Deltona	30	$107,800	$51.80	$144,000	$69.20	-1.4%
Jacksonville	NA	$99,800	$48.00	$118,500	$57.00	NA
Miami (Area)	290	$130,600	$62.80	$166,400+	$80.00+	-36.1%
Orlando	200	$66,500	$32.00	$114,100	$54.90	-0.5%
Tampa	NA	$152,400	$73.30	$166,300	$80.00	NA

Georgia

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlanta	380	$78,600	$37.80	$96,300	$46.30	-17.3%

Hawaii

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	210	$105,200	$50.60	$126,100	$60.60	141.3%

Idaho

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boise City	60	$53,400	$25.70	$70,200	$33.80	9.6%

Illinois

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chicago (Area)	1,370	$92,900	$44.70	$114,200	$54.90	58.2%
Peoria	70	$97,000	$46.60	$114,100	$54.90	93.8%
Rockford	30	$114,100	$54.90	$154,200	$74.20	13%

Indiana

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fort Wayne	50	$64,600	$31.10	$82,900	$39.90	28.8%
Indianapolis	290	NA	NA	NA	NA	66.3%

Iowa

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Cedar Rapids	30	$75,400	$36.20	$116,300	$55.90	18.8%
Davenport	50	$85,600	$41.10	$166,400+	$80.00+	24%
Des Moines	90	$114,700	$55.20	$145,600	$70.00	41.8%

Kansas

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Topeka	40	$121,700	$58.50	$152,900	$73.50	58.7%
Wichita	50	$116,400	$56.00	$134,000	$64.40	-12%

Kentucky

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lexington	80	$110,300	$53.00	$128,700	$61.90	58.2%
Louisville	100	$85,200	$41.00	$107,500	$51.70	-15.4%

Louisiana

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baton Rouge	30	$45,900	$22.10	$85,600	$41.10	-54.3%
Houma	40	$161,600	$77.70	$166,400+	$80.00+	107.2%
Lake Charles	NA	$54,900	$26.40	$59,000	$28.40	NA
New Orleans	60	$75,700	$36.40	$153,200	$73.70	-47.1%

Maine

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Portland	50	$99,300	$47.70	$115,100	$55.40	13%

Maryland

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	250	$113,700	$54.70	$132,600	$63.80	-3.8%

Massachusetts

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boston (Area)	420	$109,900	$52.90	$125,500	$60.30	-15.9%
Springfield	70	$93,300	$44.80	$114,700	$55.20	19.2%
Worcester	40	$105,600	$50.80	$166,400+	$80.00+	-12.5%

Michigan

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	40	$109,000	$52.40	$130,700	$62.80	13.9%
Detroit (Area)	200	$106,500	$51.20	$119,100	$57.30	-43.3%
Flint	50	$102,100	$49.10	$133,400	$64.10	97.6%
Grand Rapids	90	$65,300	$31.40	$75,800	$36.50	16.3%
Holland	NA	$65,700	$31.60	$73,700	$35.40	NA
Kalamazoo	30	$124,800	$60.00	$166,400+	$80.00+	21.2%
Lansing	60	$103,300	$49.70	$123,100	$59.20	35.6%

Minnesota

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Minneapolis	NA	$88,500	$42.50	$110,800	$53.30	NA

Mississippi

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Jackson	NA	$70,600	$33.90	$98,900	$47.60	NA

Missouri

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Columbia	40	$77,300	$37.20	$85,300	$41.00	116.3%
Kansas City	250	$128,900	$62.00	$166,400+	$80.00+	27.4%
Springfield	50	$59,300	$28.50	$93,800	$45.10	34.1%
St. Louis	270	$101,200	$48.60	$123,400	$59.30	4.3%

Montana

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Billings	NA	$85,100	$40.90	$92,200	$44.30	NA

Nebraska

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lincoln	40	$90,300	$43.40	$163,900	$78.80	33.7%
Omaha	110	$91,700	$44.10	$130,000	$62.50	17.3%

Nevada

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Las Vegas	NA	$57,900	$27.80	$115,500	$55.60	NA
Reno	40	NA	NA	NA	NA	6.3%

New Mexico

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	120	$91,300	$43.90	$109,300	$52.50	53.8%

New York

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	80	$113,700	$54.70	$129,800	$62.40	-11.1%
Buffalo	80	$105,900	$50.90	$130,200	$62.60	-28.4%
Kingston	30	$117,500	$56.50	$141,500	$68.00	155.8%
New York (Area)	1,400	$105,200	$50.60	$120,500	$57.90	-17.3%
Poughkeepsie	110	$97,000	$46.70	$112,100	$53.90	123.6%
Rochester	60	$111,400	$53.60	$126,900	$61.00	-36.5%
Syracuse	100	$111,300	$53.50	$126,000	$60.60	53.4%

North Carolina

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	50	$114,700	$55.20	$138,300	$66.50	43.3%
Charlotte	160	$111,900	$53.80	$148,500	$71.40	-3.4%
Durham	40	$110,500	$53.10	$119,500	$57.50	-26.9%
Fayetteville	50	$141,200	$67.90	$166,400+	$80.00+	77.9%
Greensboro	60	$102,600	$49.30	$166,400+	$80.00+	-15.9%
Raleigh	110	$93,700	$45.10	$161,000	$77.40	9.1%

North Dakota

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bismarck	30	$92,200	$44.30	$161,700	$77.80	169.7%

Ohio

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	40	$110,700	$53.20	$137,300	$66.00	-36.1%
Cincinnati	140	$111,000	$53.30	$148,300	$71.30	-30.3%
Cleveland	130	$166,400+	$80.00+	$166,400+	$80.00+	-36.5%
Columbus	140	$98,400	$47.30	$108,300	$52.10	-22.6%
Dayton	60	$108,800	$52.30	$137,100	$65.90	-22.1%
Toledo	40	$119,100	$57.30	$166,400+	$80.00+	-34.1%
Youngstown	30	NA	NA	NA	NA	-22.6%

Oklahoma

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Oklahoma City	170	$78,400	$37.70	$108,100	$52.00	48.1%
Tulsa	130	$81,800	$39.30	$100,300	$48.20	54.3%

Oregon

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Eugene	40	$101,000	$48.60	$113,900	$54.70	30.3%
Portland	380	$94,200	$45.30	$105,600	$50.80	91.3%
Salem	50	$78,700	$37.80	$90,500	$43.50	72.6%

Pennsylvania

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	50	$93,300	$44.90	$116,300	$55.90	-28.4%
Harrisburg	110	NA	NA	NA	NA	79.8%
Lancaster	NA	$58,900	$28.30	$101,200	$48.60	NA
Lebanon	40	$79,000	$38.00	$103,100	$49.60	269.7%
Philadelphia (Area)	500	$91,200	$43.80	$128,400	$61.80	-7.2%
Pittsburgh	350	$100,900	$48.50	$129,800	$62.40	51.9%
Reading	40	$86,300	$41.50	$102,600	$49.30	11.5%
Scranton	40	$38,300	$18.40	$88,200	$42.40	-29.3%
York	30	$83,900	$40.40	$93,400	$44.90	-2.9%

Rhode Island

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	130	$89,100	$42.80	$103,100	$49.60	19.2%

South Carolina

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	40	$71,200	$34.20	$110,200	$53.00	-27.4%
Columbia	90	$63,200	$30.40	$94,600	$45.50	32.7%
Greenville	80	NA	NA	NA	NA	31.7%

South Dakota

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Sioux Falls	30	$90,900	$43.70	$133,000	$64.00	21.2%

Tennessee

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Memphis	180	$134,900	$64.80	$166,400+	$80.00+	46.2%

Texas

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Amarillo	40	$165,700	$79.70	$166,400+	$80.00+	100.5%
Austin	60	$80,900	$38.90	$88,500	$42.50	-59.1%
Beaumont	30	$166,400+	$80.00+	$166,400+	$80.00+	-3.4%
Corpus Christi	40	$109,500	$52.60	$166,400+	$80.00+	8.2%
Dallas (Area)	420	$87,000	$41.80	$122,400	$58.90	-28.4%
El Paso	NA	$93,200	$44.80	$107,700	$51.80	NA
Houston	460	$75,100	$36.10	$90,300	$43.40	-10.6%
McAllen	40	$104,900	$50.40	$115,000	$55.30	-10.6%
San Antonio	110	$66,600	$32.00	$101,800	$48.90	-38%

Utah

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ogden	40	$91,200	$43.90	$100,900	$48.50	5.3%
Provo	30	$62,000	$29.80	$95,400	$45.90	-6.7%
Salt Lake City	90	$91,400	$44.00	$115,100	$55.30	-25%

Virginia

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charlottesville	NA	$67,800	$32.60	$72,800	$35.00	NA
Richmond	60	$95,200	$45.80	$109,800	$52.80	-51.4%
Roanoke	30	$76,900	$37.00	$108,700	$52.30	0.5%
Virginia Beach	110	NA	NA	NA	NA	-26%

Washington

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Kennewick	30	$127,900	$61.50	$166,400+	$80.00+	64.9%
Seattle (Area)	240	$108,800	$52.30	$118,600	$57.00	-26.4%

Wisconsin

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Green Bay	30	$95,100	$45.70	$117,200	$56.30	-5.3%
La Crosse	40	$92,800	$44.60	$148,900	$71.60	148.1%
Madison	130	$92,000	$44.20	$108,000	$51.90	87.5%
Milwaukee	190	$92,100	$44.30	$103,300	$49.70	13.9%
Racine	30	$104,300	$50.10	$130,900	$62.90	115.9%

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