Optometrists NAICS 621320 · 2024 annual averages · private ownership

Total Firms (U.S.)
21,552
Total Employment
153,782
National Avg Pay
$53,861
States Reporting
52

State-by-state

Click a column header to sort. Location quotient (LQ) compares this state's industry concentration to the national average — 1.00 means national-average concentration; 1.50 means 50% denser than national; 0.50 means half as dense.

State Firms Employment Avg Pay LQ YoY %
California (CA) 2,662 16,313 $52,288 0.81 +2.1%
Texas (TX) 1,992 15,599 $51,104 1.32 +0.5%
Florida (FL) 1,430 9,192 $56,445 0.91 +0.4%
Ohio (OH) 899 6,296 $50,105 1.47 +6.3%
New York (NY) 891 4,926 $54,211 0.71 +2.9%
Pennsylvania (PA) 809 5,081 $54,663 1.17 -2.5%
Illinois (IL) 659 5,395 $54,581 0.93 -0.5%
North Carolina (NC) 656 5,737 $60,178 0.98 -1.9%
Georgia (GA) 646 4,408 $51,803 0.93 +11.8%
New Jersey (NJ) 601 3,880 $62,037 1.04 -0.3%
Indiana (IN) 552 4,208 $51,251 1.62 -1.4%
Virginia (VA) 518 4,604 $60,674 0.92 -3.9%
Arizona (AZ) 493 3,032 $60,164 1.23 -0.8%
Michigan (MI) 470 4,435 $57,231 0.88 -6.9%
Tennessee (TN) 466 3,427 $53,610 1.15 +1.7%
Washington (WA) 435 3,525 $49,283 1.03 -1.6%
Colorado (CO) 420 3,077 $60,105 0.95 -2.1%
Missouri (MO) 416 2,685 $51,658 0.96 +1.5%
Alabama (AL) 394 2,498 $53,486 1.38 +4.2%
Oklahoma (OK) 369 2,697 $45,217 1.61 -2.6%
Minnesota (MN) 347 3,212 $59,530 0.92 -0.9%
Iowa (IA) 331 2,072 $49,905 1.67 -0.3%
Kentucky (KY) 326 2,576 $57,267 1.16 -1.5%
Nevada (NV) 309 1,854 $52,490 1.61 -2.8%
Massachusetts (MA) 308 2,059 $66,319 0.61 -1.9%
Kansas (KS) 306 2,496 $52,825 1.72 +0.0%
Wisconsin (WI) 304 2,502 $47,904 0.84 -0.3%
Oregon (OR) 265 2,023 $51,371 0.80 +1.1%
Arkansas (AR) 251 1,768 $46,184 1.36 -0.4%
South Carolina (SC) 247 1,733 $51,483 0.73 -1.2%
Louisiana (LA) 243 1,714 $44,768 0.88 -1.2%
Connecticut (CT) 240 1,674 $59,152 0.91 +1.3%
Utah (UT) 226 1,460 $40,885 0.91 +2.7%
Maryland (MD) 223 2,041 $63,482 0.64 +4.7%
Mississippi (MS) 212 1,630 $43,608 1.33 -3.2%
Idaho (ID) 205 1,294 $42,933 1.12 +3.0%
Nebraska (NE) 184 1,297 $52,292 1.35 +7.0%
Hawaii (HI) 130 616 $50,363 1.23 +6.6%
West Virginia (WV) 128 892 $44,958 1.17 +0.8%
Puerto Rico (PR) 112 494 $32,545 1.21 +1.8%
South Dakota (SD) 106 830 $53,609 1.48 +1.9%
New Mexico (NM) 99 761 $49,527 0.81 -2.0%
Montana (MT) 96 723 $47,637 0.85 -3.0%
Maine (ME) 91 854 $58,445 0.78 +2.2%
New Hampshire (NH) 87 795 $67,174 0.73 +2.4%
Rhode Island (RI) 85 822 $62,305 0.98 +6.2%
North Dakota (ND) 72 731 $65,342 1.11 -2.7%
Alaska (AK) 61 490 $57,057 1.37 +1.7%
Wyoming (WY) 61 487 $49,456 1.12 +0.0%
Delaware (DE) 49 397 $59,853 0.60 +14.0%
Vermont (VT) 41 303 $64,051 0.72 -2.4%
District of Columbia (DC) 29 167 $82,003 0.31 -6.5%
Reading the table. "Firms" = annual-average establishment count (a firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments). "Avg Pay" is per-employee wages including bonuses (not owner draw — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number). "LQ" is BLS's location quotient on establishment count — a quick read on whether an industry over- or under-indexes in a state. YoY % = year-over-year change in establishment count from 2023 to 2024.

SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json