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Ophthalmic Laboratory Technician Salary Information in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual and hourly salary statistics of ophthalmic laboratory technicians in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York are shown in Table 1 and Table 2, respectively. The wage data of ophthalmic laboratory technicians in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2017 and published in April 2018 [1].

Table 1 & Table 2. Annual & Hourly Salaries of Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$24,090
25th Percentile Wage	$29,290
50th Percentile Wage	$37,360
75th Percentile Wage	$46,910
90th Percentile Wage	$56,100

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for ophthalmic laboratory technicians in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $56,100. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,360. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,090.

Salary Trend (2012 to 2017)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of ophthalmic laboratory technicians from 2012 to 2017.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	5-Year Growth
2017	$37,360	2.70%	16.94%
2016	$36,350	6.35%	-
2015	$34,040	4.23%	-
2014	$32,600	3.13%	-
2013	$31,580	1.74%	-
2012	$31,030	-	-

Table 3. Compare Ophthalmic Laboratory Technician Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $37,360 in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is in the middle of salary range for ophthalmic laboratory technicians in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of ophthalmic laboratory technicians in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 15.4 percent (15.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Albany-Schenectady-Troy and 27.1 percent (27.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Syracuse.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$44,180
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$42,780
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$37,360
Utica-Rome	$36,640
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$32,010
Rochester	$30,850
Ithaca	$30,750
Nassau-Suffolk	$30,670
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown	$30,630
Syracuse	$27,240