State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Illinois vs Maryland
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Illinois, $145,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.8% — not 12.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.2%
Illinois vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-7.8%
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
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.