Health
Dispensing optician
Key facts
This job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is low. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +5.5% (BLS).
The job
Dispensing opticians (ISCO 3254). Dispensing opticians design, fit and dispense optical lenses based on a prescription from an ophthalmologist or optometrist for the correction of reduced visual acuity.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
51 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
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- contact lens specialist
- corrective lens dispenser
- dispensing optician
- expert optician
- eye glass cutter
- eyewear assembler
- eyewear designer
- eyewear inspector
- eyewear maker
- eyewear quality inspector
- eyewear repairer
- eyewear technician
- lens inspector
- lens maker
- lens mounter
- lens polisher
- lens technician
- ophthalmic inspector
- ophthalmic laboratory technician
- ophthalmic laboratory technologist
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- optical instrument technician
- optical lab inspector
- optical lab mechanic
- optical laboratory production technician
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- optical worker
- optician
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- spectacle maker
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- technician in ophthalmic laboratory
- technician in optical production
- technician in optical production laboratory
- technologist in ophthalmic laboratory
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.