State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs Massachusetts
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Massachusetts, $151,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.1% — not 9.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.3%
Maryland vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+10.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Massachusetts
Optometrists
- Median
- $151,730
- p25
- $130,480
- p75
- $166,920
- p10
- $95,780
- p90
- $196,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- 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.