State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs Montana
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Montana, $104,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.3% — not 59%.
Nominal pay gap
+59%
Maryland vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+43.3%
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%
Montana
Optometrists
- Median
- $104,280
- p25
- $60,870
- p75
- $132,580
- p10
- $58,450
- p90
- $163,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.