Optometrists -- curious

[Alphathree33]

Disclaimer #1: I'm an engineer and I have no plans to become an optometrist, ever.

Disclaimer #2: I'm referring to optometrists who do *NOT* own their own practice but work full-time.

 

[jadinolf]

http://swz.salary.com/salarywi...tional_HC07000340.html

 

[Tsaico]

I think this is averaged out between everyone, regardless of employer. I have a college budy who works for Kaiser and he is average according to the other docs, but below according to this chart. All of them acknowledge that working for your own shop is generally better, but a lot more stress for not that much more.

 

[777php]

My wife just graduated from optometry school and has been working since June/July. Optometrist's salary range depends on where they live. In the areas where there is a saturation of optometrists due to the schools: Bay Area (UC Berkeley), SoCal (SCCO), New York, etc.. the salary is much lower than other areas such as Arizona, Nevada.

In less saturated areas Optometrists can easily make 6 figures while those in the saturated areas are probably going to start off at around $80k a year.