State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: California vs Washington
Optometrists in Washington earn a median of $157,560. In California, $136,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.4% — not 13.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.5%
California vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-16.4%
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%
Washington
Optometrists
- Median
- $157,560
- p25
- $126,730
- p75
- $171,200
- p10
- $103,880
- p90
- $217,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.