State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Connecticut vs Maryland
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Connecticut, $150,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.1% — not 9.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.3%
Connecticut vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-8.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Optometrists
- Median
- $150,340
- p25
- $133,420
- p75
- $157,760
- p10
- $99,200
- p90
- $214,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.