Optometrist - DuPage Family Eye Care of Glen Ellyn, IL
Listed compensation
$150k-$160k
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
DuPage Family Eye Care, located in the highly desirable Glen Ellyn suburb of Chicago, has been serving the surrounding communities with first-in-class, full-scope, modern optometric care for over 30 years. Their experienced, tenured staff and state-of-the art instrumentation create an environment for their providers to work at the highest standard of diagnostic and therapeutic care.
This full-time opportunity will allow you to practice in a way that makes you feel clinically fulfilled and have a great work-life balance - NO weekends! The ideal candidate will be able to continue their passions with ocular disease, specialty contact lenses, myopia management, and medical optometry.
They offer a top compensation package with bonus potential, and amazing health and fringe benefits, which include: medical, dental, vision, 401k with match, life insurance, paid vacation, holidays, sick leave, paid maternity leave, CE reimbursement, malpractice insurance, license renewal reimbursement, State Association/AOA dues, and more.
Please email, call, or text Dr. Matt Miller (mmmiller@keplrvision.com or 615-513-5697), for additional information.
Key Responsibilities
Provide full-scope optometric care, including diagnostic and therapeutic care. The role supports clinical interests in ocular disease, specialty contact lenses, myopia management, and medical optometry.
Requirements
The posting does not specify formal education, licensure, or years-of-experience requirements. The ideal candidate is interested in ocular disease, specialty contact lenses, myopia management, and medical optometry.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
Optometry Career Context
In Illinois, the Optometry weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$141k (51 salary observations; 166 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 41 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 Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$155k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $155k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- No weekends
Living in Glen Ellyn
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $513k≈ 3.4× annual pay
- Typical market rent
- $2,173/mo≈ 17% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 29 min
- State income tax
- Up to 5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.