Highest-paying Cities for Opticians, Dispensing

The top 100 highest paying cities for opticians, dispensing (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of opticians, dispensing in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $75,620, Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is the highest paying city for opticians, dispensing. It is followed by Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut (average annual salary $74,070). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of opticians, dispensing in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Opticians, Dispensing

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$75,620	$52,490	680
2	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$74,070	$47,350	120
3	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$73,130	$38,330	190
4	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$71,860	$32,150	30
5	Waterbury, Connecticut	$70,200	$38,190	40
6	Danbury, Connecticut	$66,890	$55,230	60
7	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$63,860	$48,130	80
8	New Haven, Connecticut	$62,870	$38,710	80
9	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$61,990	$33,140	90
10	Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$61,810	$41,260	40
11	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$61,620	$45,990	60
12	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$60,840	$40,190	40
13	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$60,750	$38,730	3,600
14	Camden, New Jersey	$59,580	$51,570	80
15	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$59,430	$37,120	740
16	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$59,370	$47,790	30
17	Kingston, New York	$59,340	$38,270	40
18	Worcester, Massachusetts	$59,210	$45,530	110
19	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$59,160	$36,790	200
20	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$58,720	$47,410	30
21	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$58,470	$50,430	50
22	Springfield, Massachusetts	$58,340	$45,760	130
23	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$58,240	$36,470	90
24	Syracuse, New York	$57,910	$36,880	170
25	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$57,660	$32,690	120
26	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$57,510	$34,730	50
27	Harrisonburg, Virginia	$57,440	$43,410	30
28	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$57,120	$41,950	620
29	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$57,040	$36,950	50
30	Glens Falls, New York	$56,970	$36,080	40
31	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$56,850	$29,430	580
32	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$56,810	$40,020	30
33	Anchorage, Alaska	$55,780	$40,420	80
34	Port St Lucie, Florida	$55,750	$33,280	90
35	Rochester, New York	$55,720	$36,770	220
36	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$55,170	$36,870	50
37	Utica-Rome, New York	$55,120	$32,240	60
38	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$55,050	$41,070	320
39	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$54,080	$30,940	60
40	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$53,680	$40,050	510
41	Longview, Washington	$53,570	$29,410	30
42	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$53,340	$37,200	30
43	Napa, California	$53,230	$36,630	30
44	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$53,070	$40,050	1,140
45	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$53,010	$42,100	30
46	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$52,980	$34,990	450
47	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$52,540	$40,810	410
48	Binghamton, New York	$52,450	$34,520	50
49	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$52,400	$25,140	840
50	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$52,240	$33,270	90
51	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$52,050	$34,020	30
52	Fairbanks, Alaska	$52,020	$33,740	n/a
53	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$51,550	$35,710	630
54	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$51,310	$30,970	610
55	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$51,070	$38,250	950
56	Charlottesville, Virginia	$51,010	$37,480	60
57	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$50,930	$30,130	110
58	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$50,790	$37,160	120
59	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$50,590	$41,790	40
60	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$50,400	$29,490	170
61	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$50,330	$34,470	60
62	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina	$50,320	$35,290	40
63	South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$50,220	$25,610	30
64	Richmond, Virginia	$50,140	$29,970	310
65	Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia	$50,020	$30,210	30
66	Peabody, Massachusetts	$49,970	$41,050	100
67	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$49,640	$37,020	1,100
68	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$49,630	$30,420	40
69	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$49,560	$32,250	90
70	Winchester, West Virginia	$49,520	$29,870	40
71	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$49,520	$31,740	30
72	Punta Gorda, Florida	$49,310	$30,160	60
73	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$49,280	$31,750	110
74	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$49,170	$30,550	100
75	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$48,960	$27,740	490
76	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$48,890	$29,220	470
77	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$48,890	$35,960	1,480
78	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$48,890	$40,040	30
79	Olympia, Washington	$48,880	$33,270	80
80	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$48,810	$40,690	50
81	Ocala, Florida	$48,800	$29,180	80
82	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina	$48,730	$28,230	50
83	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$48,710	$24,060	n/a
84	North Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$48,600	$31,320	50
85	Stockton, California	$48,520	$35,910	170
86	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$48,410	$30,160	90
87	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$48,390	$36,410	870
88	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$48,360	$33,340	50
89	Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida	$48,240	$24,660	40
90	Boulder, Colorado	$48,240	$36,430	120
91	Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$48,050	$28,680	50
92	Jacksonville, North Carolina	$47,960	$27,210	30
93	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$47,950	$36,370	670
94	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$47,560	$29,510	690
95	Macon, Georgia	$47,440	$28,350	40
96	Gainesville, Florida	$47,410	$29,750	40
97	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$47,410	$35,370	180
98	Roanoke, Virginia	$47,350	$31,520	110
99	Tallahassee, Florida	$47,280	$28,580	50
100	Watertown-Fort Drum, New York	$47,110	$36,630	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for opticians, dispensing.