Optometrists in Wisconsin 304 establishments · 2,502 employees · 2024
Firms (WI)
304
Employment
2,502
Avg Annual Pay
$47,904
State Rank
#27 of 52
How Wisconsin compares to national
Metric
Wisconsin
National
Wisconsin vs. U.S.
Establishments
304
21,552
1.4% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$47,904
$53,861
-$5,957 (-11.1%)
Location quotient
0.84
1.00
16% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)
8.2
7.1
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Year-over-year firm growth
-0.3%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 0.84 means optometrists are 16% under-represented in Wisconsin's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 621320. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
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