State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Louisiana vs North Carolina
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Louisiana, $118,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.9% — not 26.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.9%
Louisiana vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-21.9%
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
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.