Optometrists are one of 11 occupations that have seen a fall of more than 25 per cent in earning power from April 2007 to November 2011, according to a survey late last month by the GMB Trade Union.
Placed as the eighth highest losers in a survey of 322 occupational groups of full-time workers, optometrist salaries were reported to have dropped 27.8 per cent in real terms, taking in inflation over the same period. Salaries fell from £44,568 in 2007 to £38,982 in 2011. Across the UK the real value of average gross earnings for full-time workers in all occupational groups fell by 5.9 per cent in that time, with 277 out of the 322 occupations seeing falls in living standards, based on the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
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