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Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Cut, grind, and polish eyeglasses, contact lenses, or other precision optical elements. Assemble and mount lenses into frames or process other optical elements. Includes precision lens polishers or grinders, centerer-edgers, and lens mounters.
What an ophthalmic laboratory technician does
Become an ophthalmic laboratory technician
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good ophthalmic laboratory technician
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
- Reading work related information.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $19 per hour with an average salary of $39,500 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $17 and $21 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $36,000 and $44,400 per year.
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technician job outlook
- There are 448 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 159 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.