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Also called certified optician, dispensing and measuring optician, licensed dispensing optician and LDO.
$47,260
Median pay a year
73,530
People do this work
6
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Fabricating medical devices
Fitting vision aids
Merchandising healthcare products
Instructing patients in use
Recommending assistive devices
Performing clerical work
Gathering medical histories
Measuring physical attributes
Evaluating treatment options
Verifying patient information accuracy
Preparing detailed work plans
Planning production procedures
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Dispensing Optician
1 certification
Summary
Optician designing, measuring, fitting, and adapting lenses and frames for clients based on optical prescriptions, while assisting with contact lens care and frame selection. Prepares work orders for optical laboratories and verifies finished lens accuracy
Experience
Dispensing Optician
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Measured clients' bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centers of eyes, using measuring devices
Verified that finished lenses were ground to specifications
Evaluated prescriptions in conjunction with clients' vocational and avocational visual requirements
Recommended specific lenses, lens coatings, and frames to suit client needs
Assisted clients in selecting frames according to style and color, ensuring coordination with facial and eye measurements and optical prescriptions
Maintained records of customer prescriptions, work orders, and payments
Instructing patients in use, Recommending assistive devices
Core Skills
Gathering medical histories, Fabricating medical devices, Performing clerical work
Checking & Planning
Measuring physical attributes, Evaluating treatment options, Verifying patient information accuracy
Education
Certificate Your training program, Year
Certifications & Licenses
State license for this work Your state board, Year
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Measured clients' eye sizes and distancesVerified finished lenses met specificationsEvaluated prescriptions with client requirementsRecommended lenses and frames to clientsAssisted clients in selecting suitable framesMaintained records of prescriptions and payments
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Measured clients' eye sizes and distances to ensure accurate lens fitting
Evaluated prescriptions alongside clients' visual requirements for optimal results
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Measured several clients' eye sizes and distances daily to ensure accurate lens fitting
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Several clients every dayA few each shiftMost clients during appointments
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Evaluated prescriptions alongside clients' visual requirements for optimal results
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Clients found better lens optionsMore clients satisfied with their choicesFewer adjustments needed after fitting
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What a Dispensing Optician does
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Design, measure, fit, and adapt lenses and frames for client according to written optical prescription or specification. Assist client with inserting, removing, and caring for contact lenses. Assist client with selecting frames. Measure customer for size of eyeglasses and coordinate frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescription. Prepare work order for optical laboratory containing instructions for grinding and mounting lenses in frames. Verify exactness of finished lens spectacles. Adjust frame and lens position to fit client. May shape or reshape frames. Includes contact lens opticians.
What it pays
How much does a Dispensing Optician make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$38,820
Median
$47,260
75th percentile
$61,700
About 73,530 people do this work in the United States.
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What you have not done yet. Recommending assistive devices, Performing clerical work, Gathering medical histories
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Dispensing Optician
Fabricating medical devices
Fitting vision aids
Merchandising healthcare products
Instructing patients in use
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This page is about the occupation Opticians, Dispensing. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.