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Overview
Assist ophthalmologists by performing ophthalmic clinical functions. May administer eye exams, administer eye medications, and instruct the patient in care and use of corrective lenses.
Salary growth for dietetic and ophthalmic medical technicians
Is this job likely to reward you for sticking with it through pay raises and promotions? The higher a job’s “experience quotient,” the more you are likely to get as you stay there.
Experience quotient percentile
Take a minute to look at how much you might expect your salary to increase with each five years' experience, as well as how the numbers working at each age change. Does this seem to be a job for the young or the old, or could it be a career offering steady salary growth for many years?
How do benefits for this career compare to other jobs? The availability of health care, especially employer provided health care, and pension plans can add significantly to the value of compensation you receive in a career. These charts compare how this career compares to other careers with regard to health care and pension plans.
Some jobs are more stressful than others, and some are just plain dangerous. The following list gives the percentages of ophthalmic medical technicians who report hazardous or difficult situations typically occurring at least once a week.
About 91 ophthalmic medical technicians become injured or ill for every 10,000 workers, making this job more dangerous than 79% of other careers. The most common specific illnesses or injuries are detailed following.
Education attained by ophthalmic medical technicians
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), ophthalmic medical technicians typically hold a postsecondary nondegree award.
Sometimes the typical education identified by the BLS differs a bit from the reality of the how much education current workers actually have. The donut shows the education level held by people currently working as dietetic and ophthalmic medical technicians as reported in responses to the American Community Survey.
Programs recommended by the Department of Education
The Department of Education recommends the following college degree programs as preparation for this career. You can click a program row to learn more about the program and explore a list of schools that offer the program.
Some careers tend to be centered in specific parts of the country. For example, most jobs in fashion are in New York or California. Let's see if your dream job is easy to find in your dream location! We have a few choices for viewing the data that can help you get a full employment picture.
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Number of Dietetic and Ophthalmic Medical Technicians per 1,000 workers (ACS)
Which states hire the most ophthalmic medical technicians? We wonder if that's a fair question since states come in all sizes, so instead let's start with the question of which states have the highest density of people working as ophthalmic medical technicians. You can choose to view the number of jobs per state if you prefer.
Salaries by state
Let's get a feel for where ophthalmic medical technicians earn the highest salaries. There are several choices for which data we consider and how we view that data, and each can lead to different conclusions, so please read on...
Median salary versus state ratio
We use two methods to compare salaries across states:
In-state comparisons: the ratio of median (middle) salaries for dietetic and ophthalmic medical technicians compared to the median salary for all people working in each state, or
Median salary: the unaltered median salaries for dietetic and ophthalmic medical technicians.
We hope the ratio allows perspective about how salaries may compare to the regional cost-of-living.
The darkest shading corresponds to states in which dietetic and ophthalmic medical technicians earn the highest salary when compared to other jobs in the state. We think this figure might be a better indicator than the actual salary for your buying power as a state resident.
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Location-adjusted median salary for Dietetic and Ophthalmic Medical Technicians (ACS for all specialties)
28% of Dietetic and ophthalmic medical technicians are working part time.
We’ve found that some jobs have a huge number of part-time workers, and typically that is because they are unable to find full-time work or the job itself can’t provide full-time hours. With 28% part-time workers, this occupation has a higher percentage of part-time workers than 81% of careers.