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Simon Eye Associates
Wilmington, Delaware

Optometrist

Optometrist Top 25% in OptometryFull-Time

Compensation

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

Simon Eye is a 10-location group practice with a combined 32 Optometrists and 120 staff serving patients throughout Delaware and Southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. Our goal is to ensure our communities can access patient-centered, medically oriented full service eyecare delivered in convenient locations with friendly, knowledgeable doctors and staff.

We are seeking full time associates to practice throughout Delaware as a member of one of the premier, medically oriented optometry group practices in the nation.

Practice full scope, primary care therapeutic optometry in a professional, full-service, modern practice where our loyal patients view you as their private eye doctor.

Enjoy fast access to top surgeons through our affiliation with the Center for Advanced Eye Care where your patients can receive excellent service and surgical outcomes.

Guided by our motto "Eye Care for Life," Simon Eye has built an outstanding regional reputation by adopting the latest medical eye and optical technologies, emphasizing professionalism, and rigorously developing its personal relationships with patients. With ABO Certified Opticians, strong doctor’s technicians and a comprehensive administrative support team, our ideal candidates are those with strong patient communication skills, who are enthusiastic about the profession, delivering outstanding patient care and who seek an opportunity to develop their practice (including any specialty interests) within our group.

We offer a competitive total compensation package, including a salary plus production bonus pay structure, AOA/DeOA dues, malpractice insurance, 401K matching, continuing education allowance, and paid vacation/leave time.

Delaware is a great place to live and is also close to Philadelphia, Baltimore, the Chesapeake Bay, and our Atlantic Beach resort area.

For more information and to schedule an office tour and interview, contact Dr.

Joseph Senall at (302) 528-0656 or jsenall@simoneye.com [jsenall@simoneye.com].

Key Responsibilities

Provide full scope, primary care therapeutic optometry in a modern practice. Build personal relationships with patients and ensure access to top surgical care.

Requirements

Candidates should have strong patient communication skills and be enthusiastic about delivering outstanding patient care. They should also be interested in developing their practice, including any specialty interests.

Key Skills

EnthusiasmFull Scope OptometryMedical Eye Care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Optometrist at Simon Eye Associates a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Optometry — ranked against 1,773 active Optometry listings on WeekdayDoc.

Optometry Career Context

Of the 50 active Optometry listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 76% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Optometry pay on WeekdayDoc is down 12.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Delaware is 99.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.5% of Delaware clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Optometrist Jobs

31 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution20 jobs · 9 employers

10
<$175k
6
$175k-200k
2
$200k
2
$225k-250k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks26 jobs · 9 employers

401k / retirement match
77% this job
CME allowance
69% this job
Sign-on bonus
46% this job
Loan repayment
19%
Relocation assistance
4%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 6.6
Higher than about 8 in 10 of 1,773 Optometry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10. Shaded area = share of comparable listings scoring below this one.

Living in Wilmington

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$299k
Typical market rent
$1,786/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 6.6%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Simon Eye Associates

Hospitals and Health Care
Wilmington, Delaware
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Production bonus
AOA/DeOA dues paid
Malpractice insurance
401K matching
Continuing education allowance
Paid vacation/leave time