Highest-paying Cities for Optometrists

The top 100 highest paying cities for optometrists (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 optometrists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $214,180, Anchorage, Alaska is the highest paying city for optometrists. It is followed by Glens Falls, New York (average annual salary $193,480). 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 optometrists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Optometrists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Anchorage, Alaska	$214,180	$62,400	70
2	Glens Falls, New York	$193,480	$104,920	40
3	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$187,140	$38,080	40
4	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$167,060	$64,540	30
5	Wilmington, North Carolina	$161,890	$98,320	70
6	Boulder, Colorado	$159,670	$99,940	50
7	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$157,410	$74,610	50
8	Rochester, Minnesota	$157,130	$110,420	80
9	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$156,090	$52,950	30
10	East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$155,330	$39,850	50
11	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$154,790	$106,370	280
12	Terre Haute, Indiana	$154,510	$73,800	n/a
13	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$153,350	$45,250	130
14	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$151,890	$93,210	550
15	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$151,870	$70,970	70
16	Columbia, Missouri	$150,670	$78,870	40
17	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$149,050	$76,480	90
18	Manchester, New Hampshire	$149,040	$51,850	30
19	Bellingham, Washington	$148,890	$112,470	30
20	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$148,630	$80,850	2,220
21	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$148,470	$78,200	30
22	Altoona, Pennsylvania	$147,820	$44,540	40
23	Waterbury, Connecticut	$147,240	$76,140	40
24	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$147,020	$80,900	40
25	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$146,630	$58,790	40
26	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$146,340	$82,830	50
27	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$145,890	$90,090	50
28	Dover, Delaware	$144,990	$114,860	30
29	Gainesville, Florida	$144,610	$68,460	n/a
30	Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, Alabama	$143,990	$49,250	n/a
31	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$143,810	$99,540	30
32	South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$141,630	$73,670	40
33	Peoria, Illinois	$140,430	$81,620	40
34	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$139,960	$77,200	70
35	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$139,370	$74,060	450
36	Gainesville, Georgia	$138,960	$128,320	50
37	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$138,920	$81,870	30
38	Worcester, Massachusetts	$138,890	$80,190	60
39	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$138,410	$104,920	40
40	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$138,360	$82,960	40
41	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$137,690	$68,450	750
42	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$137,250	$110,350	1,070
43	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$136,910	$90,430	n/a
44	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$136,760	$38,810	40
45	St Cloud, Minnesota	$136,530	$95,090	70
46	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$136,460	$53,810	260
47	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$136,330	$53,990	40
48	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$136,060	$100,630	50
49	Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$136,010	$57,060	40
50	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$135,860	$66,560	70
51	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$135,550	$87,080	540
52	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$135,550	$60,280	140
53	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$135,480	$66,040	30
54	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$135,450	$65,170	60
55	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$135,420	$63,510	670
56	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$135,250	$96,940	600
57	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$135,240	$76,110	250
58	St Louis, Missouri	$135,040	$59,280	420
59	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$134,730	$72,840	40
60	Utica-Rome, New York	$134,660	$94,190	30
61	Olympia, Washington	$134,640	$103,780	30
62	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$134,610	$84,880	180
63	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$134,410	$106,100	210
64	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$134,330	$56,840	70
65	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$134,240	$89,490	n/a
66	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$133,200	$84,560	80
67	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$133,130	$76,900	470
68	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$132,680	$82,020	60
69	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$132,480	$98,140	90
70	Spokane, Washington	$132,470	$85,080	70
71	Western Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$132,440	$45,620	30
72	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$132,350	$59,670	710
73	Yakima, Washington	$132,330	$68,740	30
74	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$132,090	$80,360	40
75	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$132,040	$93,860	n/a
76	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$131,600	$59,990	60
77	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$131,600	$63,690	50
78	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$131,570	$86,670	250
79	Sioux City, South Dakota	$131,450	$38,370	30
80	Central Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$131,360	$67,480	30
81	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$131,320	$65,710	50
82	Akron, Ohio	$131,260	$73,540	90
83	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$131,070	$63,090	40
84	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$130,930	$38,220	30
85	Medford, Oregon	$130,910	$91,790	40
86	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$130,780	$54,940	310
87	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$130,630	$78,120	130
88	Prescott, Arizona	$130,460	$59,880	30
89	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$130,420	$104,000	80
90	Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$130,360	$55,260	30
91	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$130,350	$81,900	50
92	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$130,100	$100,420	30
93	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$130,020	$67,240	40
94	Asheville, North Carolina	$130,000	$79,780	40
95	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$129,850	$52,310	70
96	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$129,710	$62,360	70
97	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$129,590	$82,840	90
98	Rochester, New York	$129,570	$73,180	100
99	Flint, Michigan	$129,540	$83,990	50
100	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$129,510	$33,230	100

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for optometrists.