State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Illinois vs Indiana
Optometrists in Illinois earn a median of $145,620. In Indiana, $135,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.3% — not 7.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.5%
Illinois vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+0.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Optometrists
- Median
- $145,620
- p25
- $129,310
- p75
- $162,650
- p10
- $93,350
- p90
- $190,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +400%
Indiana
Optometrists
- Median
- $135,500
- p25
- $102,840
- p75
- $161,820
- p10
- $76,860
- p90
- $193,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.