State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Hawaii vs Maryland
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Hawaii, $154,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11% — not 6.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.8%
Hawaii vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-11%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Optometrists
- Median
- $154,620
- p25
- $120,980
- p75
- $162,070
- p10
- $107,090
- p90
- $205,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.