Orthoptists
Health Science · Therapeutic Services
Pay and outlook shown for
New workers start near $81,660; experienced workers reach $188,260. About 300 people do this job in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Job outlook
Alamo region (San Antonio and 12 surrounding counties), Texas Workforce Commission projection 2024 to 2034; U.S. figures from the BLS.
- Employment change
- +16.3%
- Openings a year
- 26
- Employed in 2024
- 337
Typical entry education: Master's degree
Alamo Colleges programs that lead here
No program is mapped to this career yet. Many careers start from a transfer pre-major or a related program.
Browse all programsSkills this career uses
The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.
- Active Listening4.1
- Critical Thinking4.0
- Speaking4.0
- Social Perceptiveness4.0
- Reading Comprehension4.6
- Science3.8
- Writing4.0
- Service Orientation4.0
What the work is
Diagnose and treat visual system disorders such as binocular vision and eye movement impairments.
- Assist ophthalmologists in diagnostic ophthalmic procedures, such as ultrasonography, fundus photography, and tonometry.
- Provide nonsurgical interventions, including corrective lenses, patches, drops, fusion exercises, or stereograms, to treat conditions such as strabismus, heterophoria, and convergence insufficiency.
- Develop nonsurgical treatment plans for patients with conditions such as strabismus, nystagmus, and other visual disorders.
- Perform diagnostic tests or measurements, such as motor testing, visual acuity testing, lensometry, retinoscopy, and color vision testing.
- Examine patients with problems related to ocular motility, binocular vision, amblyopia, or strabismus.
- Evaluate, diagnose, or treat disorders of the visual system with an emphasis on binocular vision or abnormal eye movements.
Education people in this job have
Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.
- Associate degree4%
- Bachelor's degree86%
- Master's degree4%
- Doctoral or professional7%
Job zone 5, extensive preparation: A graduate or professional degree, usually after a bachelor's.
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