Optometric Tech Salary

[peyes]

What is the average tech salary in the southeast?

[Flux3r]

8$/hr here

[peyes]

Really?

[Jstanfast]

we start at 14$ and go up to about 20$

[Mizikal]

http://www.payscale.com/ I looked it up once to compare optician and tech salaries and made me want to stay an optician.

[Chris Ryser]

Optical Assistant Salary (United States)



An Optical Assistant earns an average wage of $11.63
per hour. Most people with this job move on to other
positions after 20 years in this field. For the first five to
ten years in this position, wages increase steeply, but
any additional experience does not have a big effect on pay.

Mid-Career
12%

Experienced
12%

Entry-Level
9%





National

Female 91%

Male 9%

l Average
$25,000


http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Optical_Assistant/Hourly_Rate

[Chris Ryser]

Optometric Assistant Salary (Canada)


An Optometric Assistant earns an average wage of C$14.86 per hour. Most people with this job move on to other positions after 20 years in this career.

National Hourly Rate Data (?)	C$0	C$9	C$18	C$27
Hourly Rate	C$11.79 - C$18.47
Overtime	C$0.00 - C$26.02

[peyes]

Thanks for the info. What are the average benefits? Health insurance, vacation etc?

[rdcoach5]

8$/hr here

WHAT ?!! That's below minimum wage in Ohio

[Flux3r]

:D might be time to move huh?

[chaoticneutral]

I started at lens crafter in 1990 something at $6.83 an hour. I was up to 20 and change last year in Florida but I moved to New Hampshire and now im at 10 an hour. Life is a cruel mistress.

[peyes]

Whoa!

[rbaker]

I moved to New Hampshire and now im at 10 an hour. Life is a cruel mistress.

Yah but no sales tax or income tax!

[chaoticneutral]

Yah but no sales tax or income tax!

I guess that's a fair trade for muh freedum and open carry. Property taxes are whats going to kill you if the wide open spaces and fresh air don't get you first.