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Ophthalmic Medical Technicians · SOC 29-2057

Ophthalmic Medical Technicians Salary in the Tucson Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Tucson, AZ metro area

Figures describe the Tucson, AZ metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Tucson city limits.

Median annual wage$39,250
Median hourly wage$18.87

Ophthalmic Medical Technicians in the Tucson, AZ metro area earned a median of $39,250 per year ($18.87 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $37,890 at the 10th percentile to $48,560 at the 90th.

Pay distribution

Half of Ophthalmic Medical Technicians in the Tucson metro area earn more than $39,250 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,540 and $47,100.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$37,890$38,540$39,250$47,100$48,560
Hourly$18.22$18.53$18.87$22.64$23.35

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Tucson metro areathis metro area
    $39,250
  • Arizonastate (AZ)
    $47,040
  • United Statesnational
    $45,570

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −17% vs Arizona overall and −14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$31,730$55,333$78,937$102,540San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $31,730Texarkana, TX-AR — $32,110Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $34,350Florence, SC — $34,410Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $34,570Logan, UT-ID — $34,710Columbus, GA-AL — $35,140McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $35,180Lubbock, TX — $35,250Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $35,300Bowling Green, KY — $35,380El Paso, TX — $35,410Dothan, AL — $35,550Tuscaloosa, AL — $35,590Montgomery, AL — $35,690Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $35,900Albany, GA — $36,030Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $36,140Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $36,200Lawton, OK — $36,230Longview, TX — $36,280Wichita Falls, TX — $36,330Jackson, TN — $36,620Clarksville, TN-KY — $36,640Joplin, MO-KS — $36,680Jacksonville, NC — $36,730Abilene, TX — $36,790Amarillo, TX — $36,810Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $36,820Waco, TX — $36,830Victoria, TX — $36,980Mobile, AL — $37,000Huntsville, AL — $37,020Bloomington, IL — $37,050San Angelo, TX — $37,170Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $37,190Fayetteville, NC — $37,210Auburn-Opelika, AL — $37,220Birmingham, AL — $37,270Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $37,290Vineland, NJ — $37,290Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $37,300Valdosta, GA — $37,360Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $37,400Johnson City, TN — $37,420Chattanooga, TN-GA — $37,430Lynchburg, VA — $37,460Canton-Massillon, OH — $37,510Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $37,570Oklahoma City, OK — $37,590State College, PA — $37,690Jonesboro, AR — $38,010Midland, TX — $38,070Peoria, IL — $38,130San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $38,240Boise City, ID — $38,280Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $38,320Muncie, IN — $38,340Jacksonville, FL — $38,360Tulsa, OK — $38,390Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $38,540Columbia, SC — $38,570Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $38,630Jackson, MS — $38,710Spartanburg, SC — $38,740Baton Rouge, LA — $38,750Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $38,760Decatur, AL — $38,820Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $38,850Springfield, MO — $38,900Paducah, KY-IL — $38,990Richmond, VA — $39,120Knoxville, TN — $39,140Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $39,140Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $39,150Lexington-Fayette, KY — $39,150Ogden, UT — $39,210Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $39,220Tucson, AZ — $39,250Twin Falls, ID — $39,270Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $39,270Rapid City, SD — $39,300Salisbury, MD — $39,380St. Louis, MO-IL — $39,440St. George, UT — $39,490Albuquerque, NM — $39,500Akron, OH — $39,540Wichita, KS — $39,620Morristown, TN — $39,630Toledo, OH — $39,840Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $39,870Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $39,890Reno, NV — $39,920Savannah, GA — $40,010Winchester, VA-WV — $40,100Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $40,160College Station-Bryan, TX — $40,260Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $40,400Roanoke, VA — $40,560Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $40,980Columbus, OH — $40,980Santa Fe, NM — $41,130Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $41,410Cleveland, OH — $41,620Springfield, IL — $41,650Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $42,510Iowa City, IA — $42,730Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $42,790Raleigh-Cary, NC — $42,860Pueblo, CO — $43,150Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $43,180Columbia, MO — $43,300York-Hanover, PA — $43,400Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $43,580Tallahassee, FL — $43,640Kansas City, MO-KS — $43,700Colorado Springs, CO — $43,760Reading, PA — $43,810Pittsburgh, PA — $43,890Fort Wayne, IN — $43,990Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $44,070Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $44,110Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $44,230Greeley, CO — $44,390Charlottesville, VA — $44,560Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $44,570Binghamton, NY — $44,610Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $44,640Grand Island, NE — $44,750Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $44,810Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $44,910Bellingham, WA — $44,950Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $44,960New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $45,030Greensboro-High Point, NC — $45,120Lincoln, NE — $45,330Wilmington, NC — $45,530Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $45,560Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $45,610Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $45,770Syracuse, NY — $45,790Springfield, MA — $45,810Albany, OR — $45,850South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $45,940Traverse City, MI — $45,990Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $46,050Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $46,080Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $46,230Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $46,280Winston-Salem, NC — $46,280Medford, OR — $46,360Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $46,450Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $46,470Kennewick-Richland, WA — $46,490Fresno, CA — $46,500Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $46,500Port St. Lucie, FL — $46,530Ocala, FL — $46,570Bismarck, ND — $46,620Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $46,630Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $46,640Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $46,790Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $46,850Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $46,990Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $47,010Rochester, NY — $47,030Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $47,030Billings, MT — $47,070Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $47,210Utica-Rome, NY — $47,220Omaha, NE-IA — $47,270Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $47,290Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $47,320Flint, MI — $47,370New Haven, CT — $47,370Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $47,490Appleton, WI — $47,520Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $47,540Lawrence, KS — $47,620Wausau, WI — $47,660Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $47,680Fargo, ND-MN — $47,700Eugene-Springfield, OR — $47,950Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $48,050Great Falls, MT — $48,140Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $48,220Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $48,240Ann Arbor, MI — $48,560Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $48,570Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $48,620Cedar Rapids, IA — $48,680Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $48,830Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $49,300Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $49,330Boulder, CO — $49,340Missoula, MT — $49,430Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $49,460Sheboygan, WI — $49,610Worcester, MA — $49,610Grand Junction, CO — $49,620Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $49,710Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $49,780Bozeman, MT — $49,810Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $49,870Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $49,950Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $50,010Grants Pass, OR — $50,020Manchester-Nashua, NH — $50,280Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $50,310Salem, OR — $50,600Lancaster, PA — $50,700Green Bay, WI — $50,730Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $51,020San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $51,300Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $51,380Portland-South Portland, ME — $51,620Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $52,600Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $52,670Anchorage, AK — $52,710Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $53,990New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $55,100Ithaca, NY — $55,570Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $55,710La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $56,010Urban Honolulu, HI — $58,240Madison, WI — $59,180Bend, OR — $59,990San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $60,440Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $60,600Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $61,580Duluth, MN-WI — $61,880Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $62,390Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $63,080San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $63,300Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $65,000Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $102,540

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Tucson metro area has the 158th-highest published median for this occupation among the 236 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Arizona

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for ophthalmic medical technicians, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Tucson metro areathis page
    $39,250
  • Phoenix metro area
    $48,830
  • Prescott Valley metro area
    $39,140

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Registered Nurses$94,110Pharmacy Technicians$47,310Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$75,940Pharmacists$147,420Physicians, All Other$357,070Nurse Practitioners$129,340

Highest-paying metro areas for ophthalmic medical technicianss · Highest-paying occupations in Tucson Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.