State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Hawaii vs North Carolina
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Hawaii, $154,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18% — not 4.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.3%
Hawaii vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-18%
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
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.