State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Georgia vs Maryland
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Georgia, $128,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 22.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.3%
Georgia vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-15.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Optometrists
- Median
- $128,830
- p25
- $104,850
- p75
- $159,140
- p10
- $51,030
- p90
- $189,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.