State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Florida vs Maryland
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Florida, $151,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.1% — not 8.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.5%
Florida vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-7.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Optometrists
- Median
- $151,670
- p25
- $122,730
- p75
- $167,270
- p10
- $62,490
- p90
- $196,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +43%
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.