Optometrist salary in Boston, MA: $154,970 median.
BLS reports occupational wages for the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area (CBSA 14460), which includes Boston, Cambridge and Newton and surrounding communities. Figures describe that whole area, not Boston city limits. It spans Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Optometrists in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area earned a median annual wage of $154,970 in May 2025, according to BLS (OEWS, SOC 29-1041); the OEWS mean annual wage was $156,260. That median is 13% above the U.S. median of $136,570. BLS estimates about 710 people work in this occupation across the metro.
Data Among the 12 metro areas whose estimate for this occupation meets TryHired's reliability rule, this metro ranks 2 by median wage.
Data Separately, BEA puts 2024 price levels across the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area at 108.3 (U.S. = 100): prices for the average consumer are about 8% above the national level. That is context, not an adjusted salary. Cost of living in Boston, MA.
What area these numbers cover
Data The BLS geography behind every figure on this page.
- Search label
- Boston, MA
- BLS source geography
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
- Geography type
- Metropolitan Statistical Area
- CBSA code
- 14460
- States
- Massachusetts, New Hampshire
- Delineation
- OMB Bulletin 23-01, as used by BLS OEWS May 2025
Local, state and national pay
Data Same occupation (SOC 29-1041), same BLS release (May 2025). This metro spans more than one state; each state is shown.
| Geography | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (metro, CBSA 14460) | $154,970 | $156,260 | 710 |
| Massachusetts (state) | $151,730 | $152,550 | 950 |
| New Hampshire (state) | $125,560 | $146,430 | 210 |
| United States | $136,570 | $141,550 | 42,790 |
National Optometrist salary · Careers in Boston, MA.
Data Nationally, BLS projects employment in this occupation to change +9.5% from 2025 to 2035. BLS does not publish metro projections in this dataset, so that is national context, not a local forecast.
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How this page is built
BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates for the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area (CBSA 14460) and SOC 29-1041 (Optometrists). Boston, MA is the search label for that area; BLS does not publish city-limit wages. Employment is the number of people working in the occupation (excluding the self-employed), not job openings. Ranks use only metro estimates that pass the reliability rule (500+ jobs, employment PRSE ≤ 20%, mean-wage PRSE ≤ 10%, non-degenerate distribution); suppressed values are never imputed. Searches this page answers include “optometrist salary boston” (Ahrefs, U.S.).
- Cost of living: wages are not adjusted for local prices.
- Pay at a specific employer, in one city's limits, or for self-employed workers.
- Local outlook: BLS projections here are national.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 metropolitan-area estimates (2018 SOC; metropolitan statistical areas per OMB Bulletin 23-01), public domain.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program, national occupational projections 2025–35 (no metro projections are published in this dataset).
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024 (released February 19, 2026).
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