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Optometrist jobs in New Mexico

open optometrist jobs in New Mexico at . BLS measures a median of $69.55 an hour (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Optometrists in New Mexico) for optometrists here.

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Checked 5 Nov 2026, 08:17 UTC

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Where the optometrist jobs are in New Mexico

Towns with the most open jobs in this occupation. A town with a page lists every care job open there, by occupation.

What optometrists earn in New Mexico

The hourly pay open jobs here post, beside what BLS measured people employed in the occupation earned in the state and its metro areas.

Posted on open jobs in New Mexico

Too few open jobs here post an hourly rate for a typical range (it takes eight from three employers).

Measured by BLS in New Mexico, May 2025

$69.55/hr ($144,660 a year) (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Optometrists in New Mexico)

Median for optometrists, against $65.66 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Optometrists, national) for the whole US; 130 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Optometrists in New Mexico) employed in New Mexico.

By metro area

  • Albuquerque, NM$79.71/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Albuquerque, NM) · 70 (source: BLS OEWS, Albuquerque, NM) employed

BLS OEWS May 2025 metropolitan area estimates for Optometrists; areas that cross a state line list every state.

Employers hiring optometrists in New Mexico

What the job takes

A four-year Doctor of Optometry (OD) degree, then the NBEO exams and a state license.

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    Optometry license (NBEO exams)

    State optometry board; exams by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry. Required in every state

Optometrist jobs in New Mexico: common questions

How much do optometrists make in New Mexico?

Too few open optometrist jobs in New Mexico post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $69.55/hr ($144,660 a year) for optometrists in New Mexico (May 2025), against $65.66 nationally, 18th highest of 52 states and territories.

Where in New Mexico are the most optometrist jobs?

Albuquerque (4), Santa Fe (4), Clovis (1), Deming (1) and Farmington (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.

Who is hiring optometrists in New Mexico?

By open jobs on this board: Hero Practice Services (2), DigitalOptometrics (1) and MedElite Group (1). In all, 7 employers have optometrist jobs open in New Mexico.

What do you need to work as an optometrist in New Mexico?

A four-year Doctor of Optometry (OD) degree, then the NBEO exams and a state license. Optometry license (NBEO exams) (State optometry board; exams by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry; required in every state). Where a license is state-issued, it comes from New Mexico's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.

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Sources and method

A job counts here when one of its locations is in New Mexico, once however many locations there it lists. Its occupation is read from its title. Posted pay is the middle half of the distinct hourly rates jobs here state (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), shown when at least three such rates from three employers stand behind it. BLS figures are as published for the state, never adjusted.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs in New Mexico, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 5 Nov 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Optometrists (SOC 29-1041), every state, published 15 May 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Optometrists, national, published 15 May 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Optometrists by metropolitan area, published 15 May 2026
  5. Optometry license (NBEO exams): State optometry board; exams by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Optometrist jobs in New Mexico. Data as of 5 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/occupations/optometrist/new-mexico

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