Ophthalmic Medical Technicians Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Ophthalmic Medical Technicians positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$44,080

National average

Salary Range

$34,210 – $60,810

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Ophthalmic Medical Technicians Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$101,440$38,960$119,070
Minnesota$60,810$32,050$76,430
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$60,810$32,050$76,560
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$58,790$46,390$73,310
Eau Claire, WI$57,930$40,020$61,730
Vallejo, CA$57,600$43,580$124,370
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$55,220$41,460$104,230
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$54,680$40,920$76,280
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$52,770$36,080$69,580
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$52,620$36,430$59,800
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$52,190$42,010$68,190
Boulder, CO$52,180$44,360$69,290
Madison, WI$52,140$40,150$66,380
Bellingham, WA$51,170$37,480$74,020
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$50,910$41,370$64,350
Wisconsin$50,660$38,840$64,290
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$50,660$33,970$69,490
Bend, OR$50,340$44,730$70,280
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$50,210$36,970$61,210
Sheboygan, WI$50,190$39,790$63,660
Portland-South Portland, ME$50,100$40,480$62,610
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$49,770$35,060$62,160
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$49,710$38,710$82,070
Ithaca, NY$49,710$35,740$60,960
New Haven, CT$49,490$41,850$61,610
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$49,350$44,800$94,690
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$49,300$38,740$61,230
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$49,130$35,310$61,830
Vermont$49,080$45,530$65,520
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$49,080$46,020$65,520
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$49,040$37,130$49,830
Green Bay, WI$49,000$38,950$63,630
Washington$48,960$39,040$73,950
Salem, OR$48,820$40,660$61,460
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$48,760$43,600$65,680
Oregon$48,730$39,670$66,750
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$48,720$36,920$60,410
Connecticut$48,520$40,730$63,060
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$48,460$37,560$62,620
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$48,400$35,350$59,730
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$48,400$37,100$70,040
Bozeman, MT$48,360$39,370$58,790
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$48,320$40,730$62,810
Ann Arbor, MI$48,310$36,250$65,330
Grand Forks, ND-MN$48,300$38,170$65,990
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$48,240$38,070$64,470
Manchester-Nashua, NH$48,150$37,960$61,650
Fargo, ND-MN$47,980$37,450$57,410
California$47,940$36,430$82,710
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$47,880$43,370$58,870
Grand Junction, CO$47,840$36,670$55,810
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$47,840$35,140$56,000
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$47,820$36,280$60,130
Rochester, MN$47,740$30,690$75,550
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$47,720$32,260$61,250
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$47,600$35,700$55,460
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$47,570$37,080$62,440
Billings, MT$47,500$36,880$63,850
Maryland$47,490$38,070$63,150
New Jersey$47,460$35,820$62,610
Massachusetts$47,450$37,090$67,710
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$47,370$37,400$66,090
New Hampshire$47,240$38,810$67,020
Charlottesville, VA$47,240$38,070$53,060
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$47,240$39,490$60,490
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$47,200$36,480$56,830
Montana$47,110$36,040$61,920
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$47,050$36,880$54,080
Lancaster, PA$47,030$36,920$58,760
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$47,020$35,680$65,640
New York$46,910$35,910$63,750
Worcester, MA$46,890$36,510$62,680
Urban Honolulu, HI$46,850$35,920$62,400
Hawaii$46,850$35,920$62,400
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$46,830$40,680$58,100
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$46,820$42,560$63,710
Anchorage, AK$46,780$40,720$62,040
Alaska$46,780$40,720$65,970
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$46,600$34,960$61,360
Eugene-Springfield, OR$46,600$39,210$59,080
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$46,590$36,580$60,800
Stockton-Lodi, CA$46,540$38,820$63,780
Flint, MI$46,520$34,920$46,820
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$46,410$34,850$59,690
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$46,310$31,690$48,700
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$46,220$35,960$55,380
Traverse City, MI$46,190$35,810$48,220
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$46,100$36,400$62,190
Rhode Island$46,090$38,550$58,670
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$46,080$36,110$57,000
Great Falls, MT$46,030$35,250$61,130
Dubuque, IA$45,990$38,410$58,350
District of Columbia$45,860$35,890$62,190
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$45,840$35,780$98,910
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$45,760$37,900$57,130
Baton Rouge, LA$45,700$36,360$53,140
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$45,680$35,560$59,480
Maine$45,640$37,870$51,240
Cedar Rapids, IA$45,640$35,310$52,060
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$45,640$33,110$54,530
Lincoln, NE$45,450$36,090$55,700
Utica-Rome, NY$45,390$33,740$55,010
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$45,380$35,980$64,990
Florida$45,300$35,780$60,130
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$45,300$36,870$61,220
Richmond, VA$45,240$35,740$63,300
Fresno, CA$45,240$36,470$61,700
Albany, OR$45,140$39,920$56,800
Omaha, NE-IA$45,120$38,180$54,790
Michigan$45,070$35,280$53,690
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$45,060$38,160$57,040
North Dakota$44,970$38,060$49,930
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$44,940$38,970$65,640
Kennewick-Richland, WA$44,900$38,990$63,600
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$44,850$39,480$67,020
Bismarck, ND$44,840$39,560$60,360
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$44,830$36,500$56,280
Colorado$44,820$38,580$63,480
Illinois$44,790$34,470$58,450
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$44,740$35,710$56,910
Medford, OR$44,720$39,070$58,220
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$44,660$36,430$58,360
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$44,660$34,520$49,850
Erie, PA$44,640$33,630$45,660
Pennsylvania$44,620$35,120$56,380
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$44,620$36,080$57,770
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$44,620$37,480$64,810
Nebraska$44,600$36,090$53,080
Winston-Salem, NC$44,450$34,530$63,790
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$44,350$41,740$66,840
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$44,350$29,330$52,760
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$44,350$34,830$47,640
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$44,320$36,360$47,380
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$44,310$29,900$61,340
Kansas City, MO-KS$44,250$31,280$57,710
Iowa$44,160$35,590$56,830
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$44,060$38,440$64,750
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$44,000$37,860$48,590
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$43,980$35,300$61,760
Fort Wayne, IN$43,970$34,380$57,500
Colorado Springs, CO$43,840$38,400$56,910
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$43,840$35,570$55,090
Greeley, CO$43,690$37,960$56,310
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$43,680$36,760$56,220
Rochester, NY$43,460$35,140$56,240
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$43,320$31,260$47,870
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$43,300$36,800$49,200
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$43,270$34,910$56,250
Indiana$43,200$33,010$56,830
Pittsburgh, PA$43,150$29,120$49,360
State College, PA$43,150$34,040$55,140
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$43,020$33,540$55,160
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$42,990$38,190$54,370
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$42,780$38,690$63,480
Lebanon, PA$42,640$36,870$48,420
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$42,570$34,800$55,090
Cleveland, OH$42,420$35,150$58,400
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$42,350$36,360$58,370
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$41,980$36,050$54,550
Jackson, TN$41,980$30,980$50,170
Winchester, VA-WV$41,880$36,540$63,840
Arizona$41,790$37,040$53,040
Delaware$41,730$32,460$52,380
Virginia$41,600$35,670$58,200
West Virginia$41,600$31,580$47,600
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$41,600$27,600$41,600
Rockford, IL$41,580$33,210$56,180
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$41,240$34,150$52,850
Iowa City, IA$41,230$35,780$59,870
Boise City, ID$41,030$31,200$52,230
Syracuse, NY$40,990$35,490$47,900
North Carolina$40,990$34,970$60,800
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$40,910$31,750$58,910
Sherman-Denison, TX$40,870$31,360$50,550
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$40,840$35,470$46,520
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$40,840$33,520$51,190
Columbus, OH$40,730$35,000$60,460
Burlington, NC$40,680$32,780$44,720
Glens Falls, NY$40,570$36,730$48,690
Springfield, MO$40,560$28,940$44,200
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$40,510$34,500$50,340
Appleton, WI$40,310$39,530$57,230
Toledo, OH$40,260$36,120$52,550
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$40,250$30,690$45,090
Springfield, IL$40,060$37,710$46,820
Ohio$40,000$34,940$55,060
Lexington-Fayette, KY$39,980$30,560$53,180
Raleigh-Cary, NC$39,800$36,290$48,990
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$39,740$34,980$55,420
Santa Fe, NM$39,690$38,240$63,550
Punta Gorda, FL$39,680$36,510$54,720
Chattanooga, TN-GA$39,660$31,720$49,990
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$39,580$32,460$77,120
Wilmington, NC$39,360$35,690$56,700
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$39,360$32,070$55,080
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$39,360$30,610$50,570
College Station-Bryan, TX$39,290$30,800$50,170
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$39,260$34,730$47,890
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$39,260$30,810$53,940
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$39,220$37,740$49,030
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$39,210$36,420$49,170
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$39,160$32,280$52,690
Jackson, MS$39,130$30,140$63,040
Louisiana$39,100$30,140$51,230
Akron, OH$38,910$31,200$53,250
Pueblo, CO$38,890$32,960$54,850
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$38,880$32,110$50,360
South Carolina$38,840$31,420$50,570
Idaho$38,830$28,590$52,700
Texas$38,770$30,640$53,940
South Dakota$38,760$35,540$52,690
Kansas$38,750$33,780$56,440
Kentucky$38,740$29,080$50,070
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$38,720$31,600$48,920
Tennessee$38,720$31,370$56,460
Niles, MI$38,680$32,200$45,410
Reno, NV$38,670$34,930$55,880
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$38,660$31,310$55,010
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$38,630$29,940$50,280
Lafayette, LA$38,580$30,460$48,350
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$38,520$33,540$62,090
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$38,490$36,060$54,920
Salisbury, MD$38,400$37,080$49,560
Knoxville, TN$38,320$32,090$50,350
Lynchburg, VA$38,290$30,670$53,280
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$38,280$34,060$47,250
Albuquerque, NM$38,270$29,780$59,360
Binghamton, NY$38,240$33,980$45,750
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$38,230$32,200$61,640
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$38,210$26,960$67,860
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$38,210$30,750$47,040
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$38,140$35,010$45,710
Jacksonville, FL$38,130$36,140$48,290
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$38,100$34,480$47,710
Saginaw, MI$38,090$33,030$47,290
St. Louis, MO-IL$38,090$29,530$46,450
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$38,070$30,760$48,960
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$38,070$35,490$47,460
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$38,050$28,890$38,050
Springfield, MA$38,050$35,960$56,750
Puerto Rico$38,050$28,890$38,050
Birmingham, AL$38,010$30,720$52,250
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$38,000$36,900$47,030
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$37,960$34,060$51,520
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$37,950$37,000$47,400
Roanoke, VA$37,950$34,790$48,760
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$37,950$30,850$48,110
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$37,920$30,940$48,590
Georgia$37,900$29,310$59,210
Gainesville, GA$37,900$36,070$49,190
Reading, PA$37,890$35,680$49,550
Rapid City, SD$37,890$35,510$51,760
Wichita, KS$37,880$31,570$47,910
Canton-Massillon, OH$37,850$31,010$45,240
Ogden, UT$37,800$29,740$56,580
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$37,730$30,290$55,280
Savannah, GA$37,690$35,780$46,170
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$37,680$35,120$48,980
Youngstown-Warren, OH$37,660$36,020$44,150
Nevada$37,630$30,710$48,980
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$37,610$32,540$47,670
Paducah, KY-IL$37,510$29,730$48,770
New Mexico$37,510$29,770$58,960
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$37,480$30,710$47,320
Decatur, AL$37,460$30,120$49,530
Columbia, MO$37,440$26,790$53,690
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$37,430$29,630$47,460
Tucson, AZ$37,340$36,680$47,940
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$37,240$30,930$52,830
Macon-Bibb County, GA$37,120$33,870$45,360
Corpus Christi, TX$37,080$29,900$50,250
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$37,070$28,490$43,450
Owensboro, KY$37,010$26,830$46,820
York-Hanover, PA$36,980$35,250$55,530
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$36,910$31,050$50,020
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$36,860$29,120$48,170
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$36,840$35,200$47,460
Peoria, IL$36,780$30,220$60,160
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$36,740$34,520$47,940
Midland, TX$36,730$32,760$50,220
St. George, UT$36,710$28,080$44,360
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$36,710$33,350$39,100
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$36,690$31,280$49,470
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$36,670$29,990$44,220
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$36,670$34,800$46,500
Jonesboro, AR$36,660$28,950$46,310
Missouri$36,600$27,040$47,400
Longview, TX$36,600$29,720$53,390
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$36,460$29,520$43,110
Johnson City, TN$36,450$29,680$47,090
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$36,440$34,320$51,990
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$36,440$35,570$50,760
Clarksville, TN-KY$36,420$30,410$47,750
Columbia, SC$36,400$31,470$46,140
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$36,390$28,690$47,250
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$36,380$30,650$45,320
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$36,370$28,030$46,040
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$36,370$28,270$45,860
Abilene, TX$36,360$30,220$46,010
Huntsville, AL$36,330$31,190$45,660
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$36,280$32,820$48,010
Alabama$36,260$29,070$47,150
Mansfield, OH$36,240$31,200$44,100
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$36,190$32,360$45,150
Arkansas$36,160$28,950$47,500
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$36,150$33,780$42,880
Columbus, GA-AL$36,130$29,820$45,040
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$36,120$29,870$45,640
Tulsa, OK$36,110$31,370$43,680
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$36,090$29,380$48,460
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$36,040$30,470$61,350
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$36,030$29,490$46,580
Utah$36,000$28,890$49,470
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$35,970$27,660$48,680
Mississippi$35,960$28,410$49,330
Fayetteville, NC$35,940$33,240$47,570
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$35,810$27,620$45,930
Oklahoma$35,800$30,500$46,600
Tallahassee, FL$35,780$29,670$53,670
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$35,780$23,400$57,470
San Angelo, TX$35,750$29,640$46,740
El Paso, TX$35,730$28,930$44,260
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$35,700$29,520$47,730
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$35,700$23,140$46,800
Victoria, TX$35,670$31,410$49,510
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$35,660$29,130$41,630
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$35,560$23,570$46,710
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$35,470$30,190$48,120
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$35,430$29,070$45,900
Oklahoma City, OK$35,410$31,090$49,920
Amarillo, TX$35,410$30,950$46,400
Joplin, MO-KS$35,360$31,250$35,360
Lubbock, TX$35,360$29,450$44,970
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$35,340$27,920$47,700
Bowling Green, KY$35,310$28,230$44,120
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$35,240$30,580$41,730
Logan, UT-ID$35,220$28,040$41,790
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$35,200$28,910$38,830
Bloomington, IL$35,170$29,790$46,790
Florence, SC$35,170$30,370$44,470
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$35,060$28,280$41,580
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$34,950$30,450$43,400
Lawton, OK$34,930$30,810$42,290
Wichita Falls, TX$34,910$29,650$46,810
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$34,910$28,900$46,250
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$34,800$28,410$38,290
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$34,800$28,280$38,940
Fort Smith, AR-OK$34,690$28,380$38,860
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$34,660$27,780$38,850
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$34,640$25,840$39,680
Albany, GA$34,600$22,980$42,070
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$34,350$28,130$47,200
Tuscaloosa, AL$34,350$29,070$44,120
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$34,260$27,660$46,070
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$34,000$27,550$45,860
Vineland, NJ$33,930$32,850$49,170
Montgomery, AL$33,820$29,280$43,110
Mobile, AL$33,800$27,820$45,050
Dothan, AL$32,940$28,570$41,150
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$32,820$24,690$44,490
Hattiesburg, MS$32,410$30,070$45,970
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$32,200$29,660$43,290
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$31,790$28,410$36,370
Wyoming$31,720$30,020$47,160
Texarkana, TX-AR$30,630$28,910$39,650
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$30,470$27,340$40,830

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Ophthalmic Medical Technicians make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Ophthalmic Medical Technicians is $44,080, with a typical range of $34,210 – $60,810 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Ophthalmic Medical Technicians?β–Ύ

Entry-level Ophthalmic Medical Technicians positions typically start around $34,210 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Ophthalmic Medical Technicianss earn the most?β–Ύ

Ophthalmic Medical Technicianss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.