SOC 29-1041 · Area 19100 · May 2025
Optometrists
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Published pay and employment
| Measure | Annual pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $73,320 | $35.25 |
| 25th percentile | $108,670 | $52.25 |
| Median | $140,790 | $67.69 |
| 75th percentile | $160,560 | $77.19 |
| 90th percentile | $166,350 | $79.97 |
| Average | $132,620 | $63.76 |
A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.
Estimated employment: 870. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.
What these figures tell you
The middle half of annual wages runs from $108,670 to $160,560 in 2025, a span of $51,890.
The area median is $14,790 (11.7%) above Texas's $126,000 median for this occupation in 2025.
Compare with 16 other published areas
- This area's median is $29,010 (26.0%) above the $111,780 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
- This area's median is $16,150 (13.0%) above the $124,640 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
- This area's median is $14,840 (11.8%) above the $125,950 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $13,490 (10.6%) above the $127,300 median in Tyler, TX.
- This area's median is $12,950 (10.1%) above the $127,840 median in Longview, TX.
- This area's median is $12,290 (9.6%) above the $128,500 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
- This area's median is $12,090 (9.4%) above the $128,700 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $11,920 (9.2%) above the $128,870 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $11,300 (8.7%) above the $129,490 median in Amarillo, TX.
- This area's median is $10,340 (7.9%) above the $130,450 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
- This area's median is $10,330 (7.9%) above the $130,460 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
- This area's median is $9,730 (7.4%) above the $131,060 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
- This area's median is $8,550 (6.5%) above the $132,240 median in El Paso, TX.
- This area's median is $2,670 (1.9%) above the $138,120 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
- This area's median is $720 (0.5%) above the $140,070 median in Lubbock, TX.
- This area's median is $19,670 (12.3%) below the $160,460 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
An occupation's pay percentiles describe different jobs in the survey. They do not map directly to starting, mid-career or senior pay.
Which counties share this estimate?
The BLS area covers the counties listed below. Every county listed uses this same area estimate. These are not separate county wage measurements.
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