State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs Mississippi
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Mississippi, $108,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.1% — not 53.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.5%
Maryland vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+27.1%
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%
Mississippi
Optometrists
- Median
- $108,070
- p25
- $94,360
- p75
- $165,540
- p10
- $63,470
- p90
- $215,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.