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Estimated employment750
Mean wage23.62
Entry wage15.60
10th percentile wage14.24
50th percentile wage23.44
90th percentile wage33.59
 Top Employing Industries
 Industry Employment  Percent 
Trade, Transportation,, and Utilities43057.7%
Education and Health Services32042.3%
 Best Paying Industries
 Industry Employment  Median Wage 
Trade, Transportation,, and Utilities43024.53
Education and Health Services32022.38
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.
Median Wage History
YearThis OccupationCompared to Occupational Group  Difference 
Current$23.62 $40.58  -$16.95
2013$23.55+.3%$40.45 +.3%-$16.90
2012$23.10+1.9%$39.67 +1.9%-$16.57
2011$22.65+2.0%$38.90 +2.0%-$16.25
2010$22.29+1.6%$38.30 +1.6%-$16.00
2009$21.90+1.8%$37.63 +1.8%-$15.72
2008$21.67+1.1%$37.22 +1.1%-$15.55
2007$21.02+3.1%$36.12 +3.1%-$15.09
2006$20.32+3.5%$34.91 +3.5%-$14.58
2005$19.54+4.0%$33.56 +4.0%-$14.02
YearThis OccupationCompared to All Occupations  Difference 
Current$23.62 $26.43  -$2.80
2013$23.55+.3%$26.36 +.3%-$2.81
2012$23.10+1.9%$25.83 +2.1%-$2.73
2011$22.65+2.0%$25.38 +1.7%-$2.73
2010$22.29+1.6%$24.99 +1.6%-$2.69
2009$21.90+1.8%$24.57 +1.7%-$2.66
2008$21.67+1.1%$24.23 +1.4%-$2.56
2007$21.02+3.1%$23.61 +2.6%-$2.58
2006$20.32+3.5%$22.86 +3.3%-$2.53
2005$19.54+4.0%$22.15 +3.2%-$2.61

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 percent of workers earn between this wage range, 10 percent earn less while 10 percent earn more.

Reference Date: 1st Quarter 2014
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