State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs Michigan
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Michigan, $135,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12% — not 22.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.3%
Maryland vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+12%
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%
Michigan
Optometrists
- Median
- $135,650
- p25
- $125,000
- p75
- $161,970
- p10
- $98,110
- p90
- $213,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- 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.