State comparison · 2025

Optometrists salary: Colorado vs Texas

Optometrists in Colorado earn a median of $152,000. In Texas, $126,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.6% — not 20.6%.

Nominal pay gap

+20.6%

Colorado vs Texas

COL-adjusted gap

+13.6%

After BEA Regional Price Parities

Colorado

Optometrists

Median: $152,000
p25: $110,020
p75: $169,190
p10: $65,910
p90: $212,120
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average: 103.1

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Texas

Optometrists

Median: $126,000
p25: $101,700
p75: $155,090
p10: $54,180
p90: $164,420
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average: 97.1
Hiring velocity (180d): +100%

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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.