State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Colorado vs Washington
Optometrists in Washington earn a median of $157,560. In Colorado, $152,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.1% — not 3.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.5%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+0.1%
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
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.