
Japan has been revealed as the country where optometrists are paid the most, according to information sourced by online contact lens company Lenstore.
Optometrists in Japan earn £98,252 a year, followed by practitioners in Denmark (£97,066), the US (£95,768), Norway (£95,177) and Hungary (£90,239) while Iceland, Germany, the Netherlands, France and Italy made up the rest of the top 10.
Lenstore said the average pay for a UK optometrist was £37,139, which was over £30,000 behind Italy in tenth position.
Countries were ranked by government spending on healthcare where it was available and averages were used for salaries where sources provided a range.
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