Optometry jobs in Kentucky
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The doctorate is the high bar in Kentucky eye care, and the state has one school that grants it, the Kentucky College of Optometry at the University of Pikeville. Optometry jobs in Kentucky offer a shorter path in through technician work, where the state is unusually strong.
Senior Ophthalmology Patient Services Coordinator
Licensed Optician
Apprentice Optician
Optometric Technician I - Advanced Eye Care Center
Optometric Technician
Optometric Technician
Your Kentucky association is Kentucky Optometric Association, listed with its counterparts across the country in the association directory.
About Optometry jobs in Kentucky
Kentucky had 1,570 ophthalmic medical technicians in May 2025, 1.72 times as concentrated as in the country overall, with a median of $38,990. Opticians here are licensed, and the license takes the national tests on paper and in person. For optometrists the ceiling is high: the top tenth earned more than $254,630, the highest ninetieth-percentile pay of any state, and Kentucky law allows some laser procedures. That comes to 6 live optometry jobs in Kentucky, the largest share of them from EssilorLuxottica Group, West Point Optical, and Keplr Vision, and Lexington, Ft Mitchell, and Georgetown carrying the most.