10 rows The average salary for an Optometrist is $111,912 per year in Australia. Salary estimates. 2 Annual Salary. It is the American Optometric Association which closely monitors the facts regarding salary for optometrists. In the recent data from AOA, the annual income of an optometrist can range within $120,000 up to $175,000. The median for the income in bigger cities is within $150,000.
I know plenty of O.D. graduates who signed for about 90k/year starting salaries here.
It REALLY depends on your experience,to the uninformed posters above saying they avg 38k and don't go past 80k,they are DEFINITELY wrong.I bet they are just some O.D. pre-med haters that want to feel superior because they are attending a medical school.
It REALLY depends on your experience,to the uninformed posters above saying they avg 38k and don't go past 80k,they are DEFINITELY wrong.I bet they are just some O.D. pre-med haters that want to feel superior because they are attending a medical school.
Optometrists are not the old guy selling glasses all day long anymore,they are now part of a large healthcare system,ready to provide care for lots of eye diseases,most of you people think that Optometrists are Ophtalmologist's slaves,it's false,once again,an ophtalmo just treats more complexe problems and can practice surgery(there may be a new chart allowing optometrists practice surgery under certain conditions,additional training required.).
Optometrists do most of the job nowadays.
Optometrists do most of the job nowadays.
From my own experience,new grads can expect to make anywhere from 70k-95k/year,which is not bad,you will never starve as an Optometrist/Dentist/Veterinary/Podiatrist/Physician.
If you take time to do residency,starting salaries will be A LOT higher.
After a few years,with enough experience 'under' your belt,you can make well over 150k/year.If you have communication/business skills and if patients really like you as their Optometrist,you may reach the 500k/mark in no time(i work with an Optometrist that has his own clinic and makes 650k/year net income,which is awesome.)
If you take time to do residency,starting salaries will be A LOT higher.
After a few years,with enough experience 'under' your belt,you can make well over 150k/year.If you have communication/business skills and if patients really like you as their Optometrist,you may reach the 500k/mark in no time(i work with an Optometrist that has his own clinic and makes 650k/year net income,which is awesome.)
I know that in west part of Canada,there is a large shortage of Optometrists and starting salaries can reach 150k-200k/year in some areas.
In the U.S.,salaries are the same as i said about new grads and residents.
In the U.S.,salaries are the same as i said about new grads and residents.
Don't trust those people that say they are Optometrists themselves and claim that their job pays nuts,they just suck at the job and don't have the ability to gain skills and adapt,instead,they just cry like babies in the Internet about how everything is hard.
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I hope it helped.
Dr.A.Warren,M.D.,Ophtalmology resident.