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

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Table of contents

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

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Average salary

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Starting salary

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Entry-level Orthoptists 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.

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Salary rank

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Orthoptists 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 Orthoptist 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 Orthoptists are in the states of ME, MT, SD, AK and WY.

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