State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Indiana vs Maryland
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Indiana, $135,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 18.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.3%
Indiana vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
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.