Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians Career

The role of Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians is to cut, grind, and polish eyeglasses, contact lenses, or other precision optical elements.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $41,280 and $20 per hour. 1 vocational program could be taken for the Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians career. Based on BLS data, a total of 18,240 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians Career

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician	2	-	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians Career

The following 19 occupations are related to Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians.

Related Occupations toOphthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
	-	-	-
Opticians, Dispensing	76,770	$47,560	$23
Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers	2,540	$58,870	$28
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers	29,810	$62,860	$30
Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters	400	$52,840	$25
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	63,370	$45,440	$22
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	75,260	$44,450	$21
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	19,560	$48,850	$23
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	13,990	$50,020	$24
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	128K	$43,990	$21
Tool and Die Makers	58,150	$62,020	$30
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	33,020	$47,120	$23
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners	6,660	$48,520	$23
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	14,520	$45,270	$22
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	61,250	$40,360	$19
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	12,290	$41,490	$20
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	52,720	$44,700	$21
Etchers and Engravers	8,140	$42,780	$21
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	38,480	$44,710	$22

Vocational Programs for Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians Career

18K

$19.85

$41,280

Vocational Programs to Prepare Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians Career

Related Occupations to Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians Career