Optometrists paid most in Japan

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.