State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: District of Columbia vs Maryland
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In District of Columbia, $134,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.3% — not 18.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.7%
District of Columbia vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-22.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Optometrists
- Median
- $134,840
- p25
- $113,030
- p75
- $163,070
- p10
- $102,570
- p90
- $207,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.