State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs Missouri
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Missouri, $133,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.2% — not 23.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.9%
Maryland vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+7.2%
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%
Missouri
Optometrists
- Median
- $133,810
- p25
- $103,720
- p75
- $159,870
- p10
- $64,610
- p90
- $175,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.