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Estimated employment950
Mean wage$20.82
Entry wage$13.83
10th percentile wage$12.91
50th percentile wage$19.10
90th percentile wage$32.26
 Top Employing Industries
 IndustryEmployment
Percent
Ambulatory Health Care Services45047.4%
Health and Personal Care Stores44046.1%
General Merchandise Stores606.5%
 Best Paying Industries
 IndustryEmployment
Median Wage
Ambulatory Health Care Services45019.74
General Merchandise Stores6018.99
Health and Personal Care Stores44018.50
Opticians, Dispensing (29-2081)
Design, measure, fit, and adapt lenses and frames for client according to written optical prescription or specification. Assist client with selecting frames. Measure customer for size of eyeglasses and coordinate frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescription. Prepare work order for optical laboratory containing instructions for grinding and mounting lenses in frames. Verify exactness of finished lens spectacles. Adjust frame and lens position to fit client. May shape or reshape frames. Include contact lens opticians.
Mean Wage History
YearThis
Occupation		Compared to
Occupational Group		Difference
Current$19.10 $35.74  -$16.64
2015$18.61+2.6%$34.83 +2.6%-$16.21
2014$18.27+1.9%$34.18 +1.9%-$15.91
2013$17.92+1.9%$33.53 +1.9%-$15.60
2012$17.57+2.0%$32.88 +2.0%-$15.30
2011$17.30+1.6%$32.36 +1.6%-$15.06
2010$16.99+1.8%$31.80 +1.8%-$14.80
2009$16.81+1.1%$31.46 +1.1%-$14.64
2008$16.31+3.1%$30.52 +3.1%-$14.21
2007$15.77+3.5%$29.50 +3.5%-$13.73
YearThis
Occupation		Compared to
All Occupations		Difference
Current$19.10 $21.45  -$2.35
2015$18.61+2.6%$20.85 +2.9%-$2.23
2014$18.27+1.9%$20.40 +2.2%-$2.13
2013$17.92+1.9%$19.99 +2.1%-$2.07
2012$17.57+2.0%$19.65 +1.7%-$2.08
2011$17.30+1.6%$19.34 +1.6%-$2.04
2010$16.99+1.8%$19.02 +1.7%-$2.02
2009$16.81+1.1%$18.76 +1.4%-$1.94
2008$16.31+3.1%$18.28 +2.6%-$1.96
2007$15.77+3.5%$17.69 +3.3%-$1.92
Note: The mid-wage is the median wage. The average wage is the mean wage. The entry-level wage is equal to the average of the lower third of reported wages for the occupation. The wage range consists of the 10th and 90th percentiles; 80% of workers earn between this wage range, 10% earn less while 10% earn more.
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Best Pay
Connecticut $19.10 950
Highest Employment
Connecticut $19.10 950

Reference Date: 1st Quarter 2016

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