State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs Minnesota
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Minnesota, $158,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.9% — not 4.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.5%
Maryland vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-1.9%
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%
Minnesota
Optometrists
- Median
- $158,700
- p25
- $125,860
- p75
- $174,370
- p10
- $96,670
- p90
- $206,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.