Salary starting optometrists and ophthalmic opticians £2,115 to £3,625 per month

Highest salary for optometrists and ophthalmic opticians with 25 years of experience: £2,972 to £5,338 per month

Based on our survey, people in this job with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between £2,972 and £5,338 per month. 10 years of work experience reaps people in this job a salary ranging from £2,910 to £5,096 per month.

The age group for workers in this occupation who answered the survey was mostly between 49 and 70 years of age. 33% of people in this job are parents of at least 1 child. Based on the survey results, most people in this job are female.

Average working week of 37 hours

Workers work 37 hours per week on average.

Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers

Of the participating workers in this occupation, 25% work in a multinational organisation. For most workers, the majority of their coworkers are female. 64% of people in this job state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. Workers who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 36% of respondents. 44% of employees have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. People in this job mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people.

The survey shows that 6% of the people in this job feel highly dissatisfied about their position. On the whole, workers in this occupation feel satisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 43% of the workers in this occupation.

Of all surveyed workers, 26% feel highly dissatisfied about their salary. 30% of the workers reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.

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