Optometrist
Listed compensation
$139k-$147k
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Company Description
Love What You Do — And Where You Do It
We’re reimagining what a career in optometry should look like. Think less burnout, more balance. Less micromanagement, more autonomy. Less routine, more purpose!
At our practice, you’re more than an optometrist — you’re a trusted partner in eye care. We’ve built an environment where compassion, innovation, and your well-being come first.
What You’ll Find Here
- Supportive, collaborative culture
- Advanced technology for excellent patient care
- Flexible schedules for better work-life balance
- Leadership and growth opportunities
- A genuine focus on you — your goals, your life, your success
- Thrive personally and professionally with a team that values what matters most.
- Rewarding compensation
- Competitive salary with bonus potential (not tied to sales)
- Sign-on bonus options or student loan repayment support for select locations
- License reimbursement and malpractice insurance included
- Continuing education hours provided annually through our all-expense-paid CE Symposium
- A Smarter Way to Work
No on-call shifts. No late nights. Ever
- Flexible schedules designed around your life and priorities
- Generous paid time off, paid holidays, paid life insurance, and paid parental leave
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and retirement benefits with employer match
- Travel reimbursement that meets policy guidelines
- Freedom to Lead, Room to Grow
- Practice with clinical autonomy, supported by a collaborative team
- Step into leadership roles, or develop into them—we’ll back your vision every step of the way
Job Description
You’ll deliver full-scope primary eye care with the support of a dedicated, cheerful team that allows you to focus on what you do best: providing excellent, personalized patient care.
Here’s What You Can Expect
- Deliver warm, high-quality care through expert exams and treatment
- Educate and empower patients on eye health and prevention
- Lead with compassion and build a positive, patient-first culture
- Freedom to practice at your comfort level, whether your interests include contact lenses, myopia management, or ocular disease
- Opportunities for professional growth as you expand your expertise
Qualifications
- Licensed (or eligible) to practice Optometry in the state where you’ll practice
- Additional Information
- For more information, please visit the website.
Salary Range: $536.00 - $567.00 per day
Compensation: USD 536.00 - USD 567.00 - daily
Key Responsibilities
Provide full-scope primary eye care, including examinations and treatment, while delivering personalized, high-quality patient care. Educate patients about eye health and prevention, contribute to a compassionate patient-first culture, and develop clinical expertise in areas such as contact lenses, myopia management, or ocular disease.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Optometrist at National Vision a 7.5 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Optometry — ranked against 1,875 active Optometry listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no night shifts.
Optometry Career Context
National Vision holds gold-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 85/100, 112 active listings.
Of the 43 active Optometry listings this role was benchmarked against, 88% have no call, 30% require no weekends.
Optometry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Washington is 107.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$143k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $134k in an average-cost state. 59.8% of Washington clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Location & Logistics
Washington has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$143k midpoint, that is roughly $6k–$10k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
Top Optometrist Jobs
8 matches · ranked by paySalary Distribution8 jobs · 7 employers
Annual compensation range
Work-Life Balance Distribution8 jobs · 7 employers
Higher = better work-life balance
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Optometrist - Venice, FL
From $200kOptometrist (Dr. Tavel Family Eye Care) - Kokomo, IN
$140k-$200kWork-life snapshot
Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,875 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
- No call
- No nights
Living in Vancouver
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $476k
- Typical market rent
- $1,828/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 23 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 105.4
- State income tax
- None
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.