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Median pay: $105,000
Top pay: $149,000
10-year job growth: 33.1%
Total jobs*: 34,200
http://money.cnn.com/pf/best-jobs/2012/snapshots/12.html
Here's the "latest" for 2012. For what it's worth, the general public thinks optometry is a pretty good career.
Where do they get these stats? How do they determine "Top pay"? Although some ODs are struggling to find work, I'm sure some ODs in established practice empires are making >300 hundred thousand K.
Is the 10 year job growth looking forward or the last 10 years?
Edit: Oops - my questions are answered in the notes at the bottom of the link (Top pay represents the 90th percentile. Job growth is estimated for 2010-20)
Top pay: $149,000
10-year job growth: 33.1%
Total jobs*: 34,200
http://money.cnn.com/pf/best-jobs/2012/snapshots/12.html
Here's the "latest" for 2012. For what it's worth, the general public thinks optometry is a pretty good career.
Where do they get these stats? How do they determine "Top pay"? Although some ODs are struggling to find work, I'm sure some ODs in established practice empires are making >300 hundred thousand K.
Is the 10 year job growth looking forward or the last 10 years?
Edit: Oops - my questions are answered in the notes at the bottom of the link (Top pay represents the 90th percentile. Job growth is estimated for 2010-20)