State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: California vs New York
Optometrists in New York earn a median of $161,140. In California, $136,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.6% — not 15.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.4%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-17.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Optometrists
- Median
- $136,300
- p25
- $122,960
- p75
- $166,300
- p10
- $99,890
- p90
- $213,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
New York
Optometrists
- Median
- $161,140
- p25
- $127,900
- p75
- $175,740
- p10
- $95,460
- p90
- $203,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +160%
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.