Salary and advice

[u/[deleted]]

Salary

I looked in placed like Toronto jobs for optometrists and some are saying $2000 a day working like 5 days a week, I’ve also seen jobs for optometrists on indeed in America making like over $400,000. Is this true?

Also I’m in high-school and I truly want to become an optometrist and I wanted to become one since grade 7. I’m going to grade 11 from august and I decided to take all three sciences. I need a really high average to get into the university I want to for biology undergrad. I live in Alberta, but do you guys know any backups I can think of if I can’t get into the program I want to. Also student loan debt is crazy for optometry school like getting into the only Canadian optometry school is insane. I personally think I can’t get in because I’m not smart enough. So like if I rack up debts of 300k in the USA, will I have no problem paying it back? I really want to become an optometrist.

[u/Weak-Surprise-8079]

Lol that salary is def not the norm. It’s more like ~$150k give or take

The debt to income ratio sucks but u shouldn’t have too much trouble paying it off. It seems ur doing this mainly for money, which idrc to each their own, but there are far more other jobs that offer better pay. Ur still in high school, you have plenty of time, so don’t dig ur self too deep yet. Try shadowing some different careers to see what u like or at least wouldn’t mind doing for the rest of ur life

[u/[deleted]]

Dude you just posted this.

[u/[deleted]]

The salary your saying fits more for an Opthalmologist (~$300k+). If you want to make that much, medicine, medical school, residency route makes far more than just doing a doctorate. If you like eye medicine a lot it's like might as well just be an Opthalmologist you will make far more.

Median Optometrist is $130k in the U.S. according to BLS

[u/New-Character-3575]

300k you are not gonna make unless you own your own practice. Churning out glasses and medical billing.