State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Connecticut vs North Carolina
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Connecticut, $150,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 6.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.9%
Connecticut vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-15.3%
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
North Carolina
Optometrists
- Median
- $161,560
- p25
- $123,250
- p75
- $193,790
- p10
- $94,320
- p90
- $215,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- 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.