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I dont know, but to me 100k/year sounds like alot. OT's make alot less, but I think they have to work harder...like I said I havent shadowed yet, but I have gone to my optometrist on numerous occasions, to get glasses and have my eyes checked. He doesnt really do that much...just asks a couple of Q's, looks at his computer, then asks more questions, then advises.
But I guess there are other people who have a greater disorder with their eyesight, and that is why the salary is substantially high. I dont even know what an opthmologist is, I think they are the ones who can do surgery on the eye, but I would except an opthamologists salary to be 100+k, not an optometrists.
I have to say I'm pretty insulted by the comments here. 100k/year too much? OT's work harder? Optometrist doesn't do that much? I'm an optometry student working my butt off and loaning over 6 figures to get an education to not only be able to refract you but look for disease as well. Oh and I'm pretty much learning about every drug ever right now so I will be able to know how drugs people are taking may affect the eye or how their systemic conditions for which the drugs are taken can affect the eye. Then I can look for signs of disease/abnormalities accordingly. Plus I will be able to write Rx's for various conditions. I'd better make more than an OT for the 4 years of professional school after undergrad I endure and the vast amount of knowledge I will have comparatively. You don't realize that those questions your OD is asking are of importance, they aren't just for fun or random. There's a reason for them.