State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Iowa vs Maryland
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Iowa, $125,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.6% — not 24.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.4%
Iowa vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-9.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Optometrists
- Median
- $125,380
- p25
- $90,330
- p75
- $140,630
- p10
- $73,660
- p90
- $175,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.