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Simon Eye Associates
Wilmington, Delaware

Optometrist

OptometristFull-Time

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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 2,003 active Optometry listings on WeekdayDoc.

Optometry Career Context

Of the 50 active Optometry listings this role was benchmarked against, 70% have no call, 52% require no weekends.

Optometry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Optometry by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.6 / 10 · top 25% in optometryranked against 2,003 Optometry listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedOptometry median $159k (middle half $150k–$175k)205 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingDelaware index 99.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Optometry listings in Delaware5 active1,991 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 70% no call · 52% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonusUS healthcare professional listings (all specialties): 32% state a sign-on bonus (median $20k) · 9% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Optometry listings480 in the last 30 days468 the 30 days before (+3%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Optometry pay trend+3.1% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (2,003 Optometry listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Benefits & Perks

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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 6.6
Better work-life than 80% of Optometry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,003 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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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

Living in Wilmington

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$296k
Typical market rent
$1,757/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 (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 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.