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Optometrists in Illinois
The bar runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the darker part is the middle half of earners.
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The spread
How pay for this job is spread here: higher means more people earn around that amount, and the darker middle is the middle half of earners. The dots are BLS's published 10th, 25th, median, 75th and 90th percentiles; the curve between them is our smooth estimate. Hover or tap a dot for its figure.
This job is less common here than nationally: 0.3 in every 1,000 jobs (location quotient 0.92).
Where this job pays most
Median an hour by state, from lower to higher pay as in the key below. Hover or tap a state for its figure. Living costs differ too, so a higher wage is not always more to spend.
- AL, Alabama, median $69.75
- AK, Alaska, median $81.88
- AZ, Arizona, median $58.78
- AR, Arkansas, median $59.84
- CA, California, median $65.53
- CO, Colorado, median $73.08
- CT, Connecticut, median $72.28
- DE, Delaware, median $77.54
- DC, District of Columbia, median $64.83
- FL, Florida, median $72.92
- GA, Georgia, median $61.94
- HI, Hawaii, median $74.34
- ID, Idaho, median $49.71
- IL, Illinois, median $70.01
- IN, Indiana, median $65.14
- IA, Iowa, median $60.28
- KS, Kansas, median $66.63
- KY, Kentucky, median $61.95
- LA, Louisiana, median $56.76
- ME, Maine, median $74.09
- MD, Maryland, median $79.73
- MA, Massachusetts, median $72.95
- MI, Michigan, median $65.21
- MN, Minnesota, median $76.30
- MS, Mississippi, median $51.96
- MO, Missouri, median $64.33
- MT, Montana, median $50.14
- NE, Nebraska, median $60.12
- NV, Nevada, median $65.22
- NH, New Hampshire, median $60.36
- NJ, New Jersey, median $76.46
- NM, New Mexico, median $69.55
- NY, New York, median $77.47
- NC, North Carolina, median $77.67
- ND, North Dakota, median $63.51
- OH, Ohio, median $64.83
- OK, Oklahoma, median $46.80
- OR, Oregon, median $63.47
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $65.10
- RI, Rhode Island, median $64.67
- SC, South Carolina, median $70.17
- SD, South Dakota, median $49.19
- TN, Tennessee, median $64.51
- TX, Texas, median $60.58
- UT, Utah, median $57.25
- VT, Vermont, median $66.01
- VA, Virginia, median $63.25
- WA, Washington, median $75.75
- WV, West Virginia, median $56.74
- WI, Wisconsin, median $67.17
- WY, Wyoming, median $53.56
- PR, Puerto Rico, median $63.84
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Across Illinois
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