This from va.gov is 2024, yep, no Optometry in there.
https://www.va.gov/OHRM/Pay/2024/PhysicianDentist/AnnualPayRanges.pdf
Optometrist was put into Pay Table 1 on Nov. 1 2025.
Final Approved Pay Ranges for Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists
Effective January 14, 2024
Pay Table 1 Specialty/Assignment
Tier 1: $121,020 - 300,000
Tier 2: $145,000 - 320,000
Tier 3: $165,000 - $336,000
Allergy and Immunology
Endocrinology
Endodontics
Family Medicine
General Practice – Dentistry
Geriatrics
Health Informatics
Hospitalist
Infectious Diseases
Internal Medicine
Neurology
Nocturnist
Palliative Care
Periodontics
PM&R / SCI
Podiatry (General)
Preventive Medicine
Primary Care
Prosthodontics
Psychiatry
Rheumatology
Sleep Medicine
All other specialties or assignments
Pay Table 2 Specialty/Assignment
Tier 1: $121,020 - 400,000
Tier 2: $200,000 - 400,000
Anatomic Pathology
Anesthesiology
Cardiology (Invasive/Non-Interventional)
Cardiology (Non-Invasive)
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Critical Care
Dermatology
Dermatology MOHS
Emergency Medicine
Gastroenterology
General Surgery
Gynecology
Hematology – Oncology
Interventional Cardiology
Interventional Radiology
Nephrology
Neurosurgery
Nuclear Medicine
Ophthalmology
Oral Surgery
Orthopedic Surgery
Otolaryngology
Pain Management (Interventional & Non-Operating Room (OR)
Anesthesiology)
Pain Management (PM&R)
Pathology
Plastic Surgery
Podiatry (Surgery- Forefoot,
Rearfoot/Ankle, Advanced
Rearfoot/Ankle)
Pulmonary
Radiology (Diagnostic)
Radiation Oncology
Urology
Vascular Surgery
Pay Table 3 Specialty/Assignment Pay Table 4 Specialty/Assignment
Tier 1: $150,000 - $400,000
Tier 2: $147,000 - $375,000
Tier 3: $145,000 - $350,000
Tier 4: $140,000 - $325,000
Tier 1: Network Chief Medical Officer
Tier 2: Chief of Staff
Tier 3: Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Deputy Chief
of Staff
Tier 4: Associate Chief of Staff
Tier 1: $145,000 - 310,000
Tier 2: $145,000 - 295,000
Tier 3: $145,000 - 285,000
*VHA CO providers providing
direct patient care services more
than 50% of their FTE should be
assigned to tier 3 of the respective
clinical pay table
Tier 1: Deputy Under Secretary for Health;
Assistant Under Secretaries for Health;
Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Health;
Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Health; Chief
Officers (VHA CO); Network Directors; Medical
Center Directors
Tier 2: Executive Directors (VHA CO); Deputy to the
Assistant Under Secretaries for Health; Chief
Consultants (VHA CO); Deputy Chief Officers (VHA
CO);
Tier 3: Deputy Chief Consultants (VHA CO); Deputy
to the Executive Directors (VHA CO); VHA CO
physicians, dentists, or podiatrists (non-SES
equivalents) with an administrative/ executive role for
more than 50%* of their FTE
Here is a link to the new pay scale, Optometist range will now be $123K to $350K depending on tier 1,2 or 3.
https://www.federalregister.gov/doc...rists-and-optometrists-of-the-veterans-health
