State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maine vs North Carolina
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Maine, $154,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.4% — not 4.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.6%
Maine vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-7.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Optometrists
- Median
- $154,110
- p25
- $115,870
- p75
- $177,630
- p10
- $102,600
- p90
- $241,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.