Opticians, Dispensing Career

Vocational Programs for Opticians, Dispensing Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
77K	$22.86	$47,560

The role of Opticians, Dispensing is to design, measure, fit, and adapt lenses and frames for client according to written optical prescription or specification The average annual wage of the occupations is $47,560 and $23 per hour. 1 vocational program could be taken for the Opticians, Dispensing career. Based on BLS data, a total of 76,770 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Opticians, Dispensing Career

The following 1 vocational program is required or helpful to prepare Opticians, Dispensing. Total 14 schools are offering certificate programs.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Opticians, Dispensing
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician	14	-	-	-	-

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Opticians, Dispensing

Program Name

Number of Schools

Tuition & Fees

Books & Supplies

Program Lengths

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Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician

Schools offering voational programs for Opticians, Dispensing

The following 14 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Opticians, Dispensing. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.