State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Indiana vs North Carolina
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Indiana, $135,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 16.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.1%
Indiana vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-15.2%
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
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.