someone pls tell ........who earns more optometrist or pharmacist ? ( In India )

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There is a very high demand for optometrists around the world. Optometry  is great career choice than pharmacy as so many persons are doing pharmacy. The scope for optometric practice in India and abroad is great and unlimited. It is a dynamic and challenging career which could achieve personal growth, community respect and offers job flexibility, financial success and unlimited opportunities.

Optometry  is much less stressful. It's a much more relaxed environment. When it comes to patients satisfaction, their degree of requirements, salaries, career outlook and daily duties also higher for optometrists. Optometry  has many areas including opening up of your business or clinic which can bring the most reward. Optometrists primarily provide services to care for their patient's eye health and vision. Optometrists consult directly with patients and perform routine exams that require them to conduct vision tests with their patients.

Optometry is fastest to get a job just after graduation as you are not directly competing with other professionals. Optometrists has a higher starting salary and can interact directly with patients.

The highest salary for an Optometrist in India is 38,353 per month. Employees as Optometrist earn an average of 22lakhs, mostly ranging from 15lakhs per year to 39lakhs per year based on 8 profiles. The top 10% of employees earn more than 28lakhs per year.

The national average salary for a Optometrist is 25,224 in India. Salary estimates are based on 164 salaries submitted anonymously to Glassdoor by Optometrist employees.

Optometrist salaries in India range from 35,700 INR per month (minimum salary) to 102,000 INR per month (maximum salary).

The median salary is 63,300 INR per month, which means that half (50%) of people working as Optometrist(s) are earning less than 63,300 INR while the other half are earning more than 63,300 INR. The median represents the middle salary value. Generally speaking, you would want to be on the right side of the graph with the group earning more than the median salary.

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