State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Arkansas vs Maryland
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Arkansas, $124,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.3% — not 24.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.9%
Arkansas vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-9.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Optometrists
- Median
- $124,470
- p25
- $84,140
- p75
- $147,590
- p10
- $57,960
- p90
- $181,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
Maryland
Optometrists
- Median
- $165,840
- p25
- $81,780
- p75
- $201,810
- p10
- $50,560
- p90
- $215,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.