State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs Nevada
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Nevada, $135,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.4% — not 22.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.3%
Maryland vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+16.4%
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%
Nevada
Optometrists
- Median
- $135,650
- p25
- $101,030
- p75
- $175,380
- p10
- $74,530
- p90
- $181,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.