Top Paying Metropolitan Areas or ODs

[Douglas Haigh]

[h=1]Top Paying Metropolitan Areas for Optometrists[/h][h=5][/h]By RO Staff

6/24/2013

According to recently released data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, these are the top 10 metropolitan areas where optometrists average the highest salaries, as of May 2012.

Metropolitan area -- Average annual wage
1. Houma/Bayou Cane/Thibodaux, La. -- $201,010
2. Fayetteville, NC -- $198,340
3. Toledo, Ohio -- $189,390
4. Augusta, Ga./Richmond County, SC -- $176,130
5. Miami/Miami Beach/Kendall, Fla. -- $170,140
6. Sioux Falls, SD -- $169,390
7. Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas -- $168,660
8. Raleigh/Cary, NC -- $164,780
9. Greensboro/High Point, NC -- $163,950
10. Bridgeport/Stamford/Norwalk, Conn. -- $163,730

 

[Will Elmore]

I work in Fayetteville, and have done so for 24 years. I find these numbers a wee bit suspect.

 

[Scott Caughell]

I would guess NC and the Southwest. I have always heard they have worked together more to limit the supply better than others. I know their walmart ODs charge 2-3x what they do around here.