Optometry Front Desk Salary & Pay Data

BLS OEWS May 2025 · Closest available occupation: SOC 43-4171 Receptionists and Information Clerks

Closest available: median, receptionists and information clerks in offices of optometrists
$37,740
$18.14 an hour
Optometry Front Desk wage (BLS)
Not published

Closest available: BLS has no eye-care front desk occupation, so this is receptionists and information clerks who work in offices of optometrists.

Annual figures are BLS hourly wages × 2,080 hours. OEWS covers wage-and-salary workers only, so it leaves out the self-employed, workers in private households, overtime pay and most bonuses.

What the BLS figure covers

Median, receptionists and information clerks in offices of optometrists
$37,740
Jobs in offices of optometrists
13,640
Median, all receptionists and information clerks (all industries)
$38,010
BLS series for this title
None

These are BLS figures for receptionists and information clerks who work in offices of optometrists (SOC 43-4171, NAICS 621320), the closest available occupation, shown only as a benchmark.

BLS publishes no separate series or percentiles for optometry front desk staff, so this page does not show a percentile table for the role.

Across all industries, receptionists and information clerks earned a median $38,010 in May 2025.

BLS publishes no state figures for this occupation in offices of optometrists, so this page has no state table.