How Much Do Ophthalmologists Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries

Ophthalmologists

Ophthalmologists diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases and injuries of the eyes and related structures.

Salary
$218850
Becoming One
Very Hard
Education
Doctoral degree
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth

Personality
Interest Match



Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$218850 per year
Hourly wage
$105 per hour

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$61,380 to $126,470 per year
Entry-level hourly wage
$30 to $61 per hour

Entry-level Ophthalmologists with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $61,380 to $126,470 per year or $30 to $61 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
A

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Ophthalmologists to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level Hourly Annual
Highest (Top 10%) $100+ $208,000+
Senior (Top 25%) $100+ $208,000+
Middle (Mid 50%) $100+ $208,000+
Junior (Bottom 25%) $61 $126,470
No experience (Bottom 10%) $30 $61,380

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
ME $134 $279,700
MT $131 $271,560
SD $129 $269,100
AK $128 $266,200
WY $127 $263,540
HI $127 $263,200
IN $125 $260,540
WI $124 $258,470
NV $121 $251,840
GA $121 $251,300

Another simple way to increase your salary as an Ophthalmologist is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like ME doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at ME might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Ophthalmologists are in the states of ME, MT, SD, AK and WY.

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