Optometrist
Listed compensation
$700 per day
The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only
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Job Description
- Location: Boston, MA and surrounding cities (in-school and mobile clinic settings)
- Job Type: Independent Contractor, Flexible Schedule (1–5 days/week)
- Compensation: $700 per day
- Schedule: Monday–Friday, typically 8:00 AM–4:00 PM
About the Role
20/20 Onsite is seeking a licensed optometrist to provide comprehensive eye exams to students in Boston Public Schools. This is a contracted, flexible-schedule position: you choose anywhere from one to five days per week based on your availability. Exams are conducted either aboard our mobile vision clinic or on-site within school buildings. Every student we see receives a free eye exam, and any student who needs corrective lenses receives a free pair of glasses.
This role is a great fit for an optometrist looking for flexible, meaningful, community-based work that fits around an existing practice or schedule.
Responsibilities
Perform comprehensive pediatric eye exams for students in Boston Public Schools, either on our mobile clinic or in a designated space within the school.
- Diagnose refractive errors and other vision issues, and prescribe corrective lenses as needed.
- Accurately document exam findings and prescriptions in accordance with clinical and program standards.
- Communicate exam results and recommendations clearly to school staff and families as needed.
- Maintain a warm, patient bedside manner suited to working with children.
Ensure all exams and services are delivered in compliance with applicable state licensing and clinical standards.
Qualifications
- Active, unrestricted Optometrist license in Massachusetts (OD).
- Comfortable and experienced working with pediatric patients.
- Reliable and punctual, with strong communication skills.
- Ability to work efficiently in a mobile clinic or school-based setting.
- Prior experience with school-based or community vision programs is a plus, but not required.
Schedule & Location Details
- Exams take place Monday through Friday, generally between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM.
- You select your own schedule, from 1 to 5 days per week, based on your availability.
Work locations rotate across Boston Public Schools; exams are conducted either aboard 20/20 Onsite's mobile vision clinic or inside the school itself.
Compensation
- $700 per day, paid as an independent contractor (1099).
- About 20/20 Onsite
20/20 Onsite brings free, comprehensive eye exams and glasses directly to students where they learn — removing the transportation, cost, and scheduling barriers that keep kids from getting the vision care they need to succeed in school.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Optometrist at On-site a 8.7 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Optometry — ranked against 1,903 active Optometry listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Optometry Career Context
In Massachusetts, the Optometry weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$150k (20 salary observations; 90 listings), vs ~$152k nationally (728 salary observations; 4,244 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-02-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 45 active Optometry listings this role was benchmarked against, 78% have no call, 44% require no weekends.
Optometry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$182k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $172k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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