State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs New Hampshire
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In New Hampshire, $125,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.1% — not 32.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.1%
Maryland vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+31.1%
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%
New Hampshire
Optometrists
- Median
- $125,560
- p25
- $117,580
- p75
- $155,580
- p10
- $76,360
- p90
- $205,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
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.