1 We use the following earnings limits to reduce your benefits: If you are under full retirement age for the entire year, we deduct $1 from your benefit payments for every $2 you earn above the annual limit.ou can get Social Security retirement benefits and work at the same time. However, if you are younger than full retirement age and make more than the yearly earnings limit, we will reduce your benefit. Starting with the month you reach full retirement age, we will not reduce your benefits no matter how much you earn.
Salaries. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics provides salary data for both optometrists and physicians. According to its May 2011 figures, the average income for optometrists was $107,720 per year.That same figure, for physicians and surgeons, was $184,650.orkplace. Optometrists often share practices with physicians. This is their highest-earning niche, at an average of $123,720 per year. Outpatient care centers pay an average of $114,230, while mainstream hospitals pay an average of $105,900.
The remainder worked in physicians' offices, health care stores or outpatient care centers. As of 2011, the average hourly wage for optometrists came to $51.79, or $107,720 for a year of 40-hour weeks, according to the BLS. Annual wages ranged from $51,690 at the 10th percentile to $183,980 at the 90th percentile. The BLS expects jobs for optometrists to increase by 33 percent between 2010 and 2020 as the aging population has a greater need for eye care.