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Orthoptists Salary in DC

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Orthoptists in DC have a median annual salary of $151,990, with 490 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $101,940 at the 10th percentile to $195,190 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$151,990

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$73.07

Employment

490

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$101,940
10th
$126,110
25th
$151,990
Median
$184,350
75th
$195,190
90th

Local compared with national

DC

$151,990

Median annual · 2025

United States

$115,210

Median annual · 2025

The DC median is 31.9% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $36,780).

Top skills

  1. 1.Reading ComprehensionImportance 4.0
  2. 2.Active ListeningImportance 4.0
  3. 3.SpeakingImportance 3.9
  4. 4.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.9
  5. 5.WritingImportance 3.8
  6. 6.Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.8
  7. 7.ScienceImportance 3.5
  8. 8.Active LearningImportance 3.4
  9. 9.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.4
  10. 10.Service OrientationImportance 3.3
  11. 11.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.3
  12. 12.Learning StrategiesImportance 3.1

Career information

Education and experience

Experience
None
Job zone
5

Technology used

  • Computer Aided Vision Therapy CAVT
  • Computer perceptual processing software
  • Email software
  • Eye Tracking Exercises Enterprises Track with Letters
  • HTS Vision CVS2
  • HTS Vision HTS2 Computerized Binocular Home Eye Exercise System
  • MAX Systems Max-Gold Medical Clinic Software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Word
  • SeeRite Flash and Match
  • Therapeutic orthoptic software

Common tasks

  • Provide nonsurgical interventions, including corrective lenses, patches, drops, fusion exercises, or stereograms, to treat conditions such as strabismus, heterophoria, and convergence insufficiency.
  • Evaluate, diagnose, or treat disorders of the visual system with an emphasis on binocular vision or abnormal eye movements.
  • Examine patients with problems related to ocular motility, binocular vision, amblyopia, or strabismus.
  • Perform diagnostic tests or measurements, such as motor testing, visual acuity testing, lensometry, retinoscopy, and color vision testing.
  • Develop nonsurgical treatment plans for patients with conditions such as strabismus, nystagmus, and other visual disorders.
  • Provide instructions to patients or family members concerning diagnoses or treatment plans.
  • Interpret clinical or diagnostic test results.
  • Refer patients to ophthalmic surgeons or other physicians.
  • Develop or use special test and communication techniques to facilitate diagnosis and treatment of children or patients with disabilities.
  • Provide training related to clinical methods or orthoptics to students, resident physicians, or other health professionals.

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