Offices of optometrists

Industry Group

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    Workforce Population
    158k
    2024
    Average Employee Age
    40.5
    2024
    Average Salary
    $64,848
    2024
    Average Male Salary
    $116,745
    2024
    Average Female Salary
    $49,649
    2024

    About

    The top three occupations in the Offices of optometrists Industry Group are optometrists, opticians, dispensing, and receptionists & information clerks. On average, full-time employees in the Offices of optometrists Industry Group work 41.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $72,509. Part-time employees in the same industry work 23.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $41,368.

    The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Offices of optometrists Industry Group are North Central Region PUMA, MS, Miami-Dade County (North Central)--Tamiami Trail Region (South), Tamiami PUMA, FL, and Humboldt County PUMA, CA.

    The workforce of Offices of optometrists Industry Group in 2024 was 158,443 people, with 77.3% woman, and 22.7% men.

    In 2024, 70% of the workforce in the Offices of optometrists Industry Group was White (110,921 people), of which 77.4% were women and 22.6% men.

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    Employment & Salaries

    A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Offices of optometrists Industry Group.

    The workforce in Offices of optometrists Industry Group was 158,443 people and is concentrated in California (16,089 workers). The average annual salary was $64,848, being $5,030 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

    Monthly Employment

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    4.16%
    Year-over-year growth
    Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

    As of February 2023, there are 25.2M people employed in the Education and Health Services industry. This represents a 4.16% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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    Employment by Location

    The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (16.1k), Texas (12.8k), and Florida (11.8k).

    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Offices of optometrists Industry Group.

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2024, Offices of optometrists Industry Group had an average annual wage of $64,848, $5,030 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

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    Wage Distribution

    0.48
    WAGE GINI

    Offices of optometrists has a wage GINI of 0.48, which is more than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Offices of optometrists (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

    The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Offices of optometrists Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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    Occupations

    A review of jobs and wages in the Offices of optometrists Industry Group.

    Optometrists are the most common position with 34,858 workers, but the Offices of optometrists Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Opticians, dispensing and Receptionists & information clerks.

    The highest average salary in Offices of optometrists goes to Physicians.

    Occupations Distribution

    The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Offices of optometrists Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were optometrists (34,858 people), opticians, dispensing (23,871 people), and receptionists & information clerks (17,557 people)

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    Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

    $116,745
    AVERAGE MALE SALARY
    ±$15,085
    $49,649
    AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
    ±$3,501

    On average, Male workers in the Offices of optometrists Industry Group make 2.35 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Offices of optometrists Industry Group.

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    Business

    Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Offices of optometrists Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

    The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Offices of optometrists Industry Group.

    The Offices of optometrists Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

    California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Offices of optometrists Industry Group.

    Industrial Flow

    The closest comparable data for Offices of optometrists is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

    Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Offices of optometrists Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Offices of optometrists Industry Group is Educational services, health care, and social assistance.

    In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

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    Intermediate Inputs

    The closest comparable data for Offices of optometrists is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.
    HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
    1. Professional and business services
    2. Manufacturing
    3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

    The Offices of optometrists Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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    Use of Output by Other Industries

    The closest comparable data for Offices of optometrists is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.
    LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
    1. Educational services, health care, and social assistance
    2. Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services
    3. Other services, except government

    The Educational services, health care, and social assistance Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Offices of optometrists Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Offices of optometrists Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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    Establishments

    States with more establishments in 2022
    1. California
      2,806
    2. Texas
      2,133
    3. Florida
      1,509

    The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Offices of optometrists industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on the Offices of optometrists Industry Group in the US.

    Of the total workforce, 77.3% corresponds to women and 22.7% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $116,745 and $49,649.

    71.5% of workers have a graduate degree, some college or high school or equivalent.

    Gender and Age

    122,552
    Women
    77.3%
    35,891
    Men
    22.7%

    The workforce of Offices of optometrists industry in 2024 was 158,443 people, with 77.3% woman, and 22.7% men.

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    Races

    In 2024, 70% of the workforce in the Offices of optometrists industry was White (110,921 people), of which 77.4% were women and 22.6% men.

    Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races and Asian.

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    Educational Levels

    The main educational levels achieved by the Offices of optometrists workers in 2024 were graduate degree (41,755 people), some college (37,890 people), and high school or equivalent (33,572 people).

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