Boston, Massachusetts

Optometrist

OptometristFull-Time

Listed compensation

$130k-$185k

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Employment & setting: Full-Time
Call expectations: Not specified
Weekends: Not specified

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Job description

Join Beth Israel Lahey Health as a Optometrist – Hospital-Based, Full-Time in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. Provides general and specialized eye care to patients within the full scope of Optometric practice.

Benefits & Compensation

Salary: $130K - $185K

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Work Schedule

Full-Time position.

No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Beth Israel Lahey Health as a Optometrist – Hospital-Based, Full-Time.

Key Responsibilities

Provides general and specialized eye care, including comprehensive exams, evaluations, and the implementation of individual treatment programs. Collaborates with other healthcare providers to co-manage patient eye health and participates in quality improvement and interdisciplinary education programs.

Requirements

Requires a doctoral degree in Optometry and a valid Massachusetts Optometrist license. Candidates must have 0-1 years of related work experience and the ability to use diagnostic and therapeutic pharmaceutical agents.

Qualifications

Education: Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Optometric evaluationsComprehensive eye examsPatient careTriageClinical preceptingTreatment planningOphthalmic careDiagnostic pharmaceutical agentsInterdisciplinary collaborationPatient educationMedical record documentationLeadershipDecision making

Optometry Career Context

In Massachusetts, the Optometry weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$147k (26 salary observations; 91 listings), vs ~$148k nationally (1,074 salary observations; 3,749 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-02-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 49 active Optometry listings this role was benchmarked against, 67% have no call, 63% require no weekends.

Optometry pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$157k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $149k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Position Insights

AI ANALYSIS

This role scores 1.5/10 on work-life balance for Optometrist roles.

Career trajectory: This position offers advancement within 2-3 years. The compensation analysis shows this employer pays...

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About Beth Israel Lahey Health

Hospitals and Health Care

Newburyport, MA

501-1,000 employees

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Benefits & Perks

Influenza vaccination program

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