State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Florida vs North Carolina
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Florida, $151,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 6.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.1%
Florida vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-14.4%
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%
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.