Just for kicks

[jchod]

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Just for kicks, whats the MOST you have ever heard of an optometrist making, from being an Optometrist?? I knwo that salary can vary a lot, but what the most any of you have ever heard of an OD making? (obviously not including other assets like stocks, real estate, etc.)

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

most 750,000 least 60,000

 

[Dr.wannabe]

I know for a fact that two optometrists in the same office can vary greatly. One made 80K and the other 102K right out of optometry school.not bad

 

[stevec]

most 750,000 least 60,000

I don't think that 750,000 was from actually practicing optometry. He's gotta have something on the side there.

 

[Kristene9]

I shadowed an older well established optometrist who made 160k. He also told me that when he first started he almost went bankrupt because of some mistakes that he made.

 

[SuperSara]

An OD told me one of his friends signed a contract with Wal-Mart (not sure which state) in which he was promised a minimum of $200 000 a year...

 

[rpames]

An OD told me one of his friends signed a contract with Wal-Mart (not sure which state) in which he was promised a minimum of $200 000 a year...

That is pretty hard to believe. Perhaps this OD had a well established practice and agreed to move his office into Wal-Mart and send all his patients to their optical. If that is the case, he will most likely regret that move.

 

[Ben Chudner]

An OD told me one of his friends signed a contract with Wal-Mart (not sure which state) in which he was promised a minimum of $200 000 a year...

Wal-Mart cannot promise a minimum salary, since the OD is independent. What is typically discussed is potential based on known traffic patterns within the store. It is, however, very possible to make 200K in a very busy corporate location.

 

[xmattODx]

Wal-Mart cannot promise a minimum salary, since the OD is independent. What is typically discussed is potential based on known traffic patterns within the store. It is, however, very possible to make 200K in a very busy corporate location.

Are you sure this is the case everywhere? I think that in DC they can promise a salary. I may be wrong but I think that you work for Wal-Mart when in DC.

 

[rpames]

Not every Wal-mart has "independent Doctors of Optometry." I believe some states that is the norm, while in most they are "independent."

 

[jchod]

I know of at least one OD here (Utah) that is making about 250K a year, again, just from his practice alone. He is in private practice.

 

[Ben Chudner]

Are you sure this is the case everywhere? I think that in DC they can promise a salary. I may be wrong but I think that you work for Wal-Mart when in DC.

I am not sure. I assumed that the law in Washington state and California would be throughout the US, but I guess other states have not adopted that law. I would still be very skeptical about what WM guarantees.