State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Kansas vs North Carolina
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Kansas, $138,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.2% — not 14.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.2%
Kansas vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-10.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Optometrists
- Median
- $138,580
- p25
- $118,910
- p75
- $160,270
- p10
- $85,010
- p90
- $192,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.