State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Idaho vs North Carolina
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Idaho, $103,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.8% — not 36%.
Nominal pay gap
-36%
Idaho vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-36.8%
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
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.