State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Idaho vs Maryland
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Idaho, $103,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.5% — not 37.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.7%
Idaho vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-31.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Optometrists
- Median
- $103,390
- p25
- $64,610
- p75
- $155,100
- p10
- $52,000
- p90
- $189,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.