SOC 51-9083 · Production Occupations · May 2025
How much do Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians make in Eugene-Springfield, OR?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians in Eugene-Springfield, OR is $48,860. The 10th percentile is $36,320 and the 90th percentile is $57,530. Employment is 30.
Median annual wage
$48,860
- 10th percentile
- $36,320
- 25th percentile
- $39,110
- Median
- $48,860
- 75th percentile
- $48,960
- 90th percentile
- $57,530
- Mean
- $46,900
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $36,320 and the 90th percentile is $57,530. The difference is $21,210, which is 43.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $39,110 to the 75th at $48,960, covers $9,850.
The mean annual wage is $46,900, which sits below the median of $48,860. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Eugene-Springfield, OR median is 23.8% higher than the national median of $39,460 for Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $48,106, which is 21.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 6.7% higher than the Oregon median of $45,780.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Eugene-Springfield, OR is 101.568, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $48,860 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians at $48,106 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians. Eugene-Springfield, OR ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 117 miles away, with a median of $46,350 and employment of 160. That median is 5.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,967, against $48,106 here.
Employment share
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Eugene-Springfield, OR (30 of 157,710). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (18,660 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.59 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.
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Questions this page answers
How much do Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians make in Eugene-Springfield, OR?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians in Eugene-Springfield, OR is $48,860. The 10th percentile is $36,320 and the 90th percentile is $57,530. Employment is 30.
How does that compare with the national median for Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians?
The local median is 23.8% higher than the national median of $39,460.
What is Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians pay in Eugene-Springfield, OR after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Eugene-Springfield, OR is 101.568, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $48,860 is $48,106. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Eugene-Springfield, OR compare with nearby metros for Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians?
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 117 miles away, at $46,350. Eugene-Springfield, OR ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.