SOC 29-1041 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Optometrists make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Optometrists in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $132,790. The 10th percentile is $44,190 and the 90th percentile is $300,250. Employment is 220.

Median annual wage

$132,790

10th percentile
$44,190
25th percentile
$77,980
Median
$132,790
75th percentile
$168,210
90th percentile
$300,250
Mean
$149,540

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Optometrists, the published 10th percentile is $44,190 and the 90th percentile is $300,250. The difference is $256,060, which is 192.8% 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 $77,980 to the 75th at $168,210, covers $90,230.

The mean annual wage is $149,540, which sits above the median of $132,790. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR median is 2.8% lower than the national median of $136,570 for Optometrists.

It is about the same as the Puerto Rico median of $132,790.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Optometrists in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Optometrists accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR (220 of 690,810). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (42,790 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.16 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.

Highest-paying jobs in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR · Optometrists by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Optometrists make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Optometrists in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $132,790. The 10th percentile is $44,190 and the 90th percentile is $300,250. Employment is 220.

How does that compare with the national median for Optometrists?

The local median is 2.8% lower than the national median of $136,570.