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Orthoptists

Diagnose and treat visual system disorders such as binocular vision and eye movement impairments.

Median salary (BLS)

$115,210

10th–90th percentile (BLS)

$65k – $195k

Job outlook

+2% (about average)

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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports one wage for this occupational group, which covers 2 related roles — so read the median as an approximate group figure, and the range as the truer picture for this specific title. BLS source.

Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $93,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.

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Education

Typical entry: Master's degree

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Typical progression

  1. Junior Orthoptists

    Entry / Junior

    $65,210

    ~2 yrs to advance

  2. Orthoptists

    Established

    $115,210

    ~3 yrs to advance

  3. Senior Orthoptists

    Senior

    $155,200

Key skills

A typical day

  • •Examine patients with problems related to ocular motility, binocular vision, amblyopia, or strabismus.
  • •Evaluate, diagnose, or treat disorders of the visual system with an emphasis on binocular vision or abnormal eye movements.
  • •Provide instructions to patients or family members concerning diagnoses or treatment plans.
  • •Perform diagnostic tests or measurements, such as motor testing, visual acuity testing, lensometry, retinoscopy, and color vision testing.
  • •Provide nonsurgical interventions, including corrective lenses, patches, drops, fusion exercises, or stereograms, to treat conditions such as strabismus, heterophoria, and convergence insufficiency.

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