OD income stats

[jchod]

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Okay, I need some help. Does anyone know of some good sites that offer national or regional information of OD incomes. I've seen some that even go as far as to specify the type of OD practice. Any good ones that are not affiliated with OD's (AOA)?

 

[scraders]

http://www.ocouha.com/oesa/ooh021506_291041.htm

i'm not sure how reliable these statistics are though...i just did a google search...

 

[luvthemhogs]

This is from the U.S. Dept. of Labor :

http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291041.htm

 

[J.opt]

This is from the U.S. Dept. of Labor :

http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291041.htm

I have always wondered if this data is based on polls or actual tax return information. Do you know?

 

[luvthemhogs]

I have always wondered if this data is based on polls or actual tax return information. Do you know?

No I don't know J. Opt. I've been wondering that also. I would think that if it were from polls from optometrists then the data would be a little lower than actual because they might not want people to go into their profession and take some of their work if people thought it paid really well. I read from the dental forums that these statistics from the dept. of labor are done on salaried dentists, so this may be the case for O.D.'s as well.

 

[jav316]

have you looked at the yahoo groups 'optomterysucks' or 'optometryrocks'. there's tons of information there. also 'seniordoc forums'. i spent probably three hours over the weekend reading posts. there are no statistics but you can get an idea of what to expect after graduating.