State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Louisiana vs Maryland
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Louisiana, $118,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 28.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.8%
Louisiana vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-15.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Optometrists
- Median
- $118,060
- p25
- $101,270
- p75
- $148,030
- p10
- $45,420
- p90
- $183,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.