State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs New Jersey
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In New Jersey, $159,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 4.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.3%
Maryland vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+8%
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 Jersey
Optometrists
- Median
- $159,040
- p25
- $134,560
- p75
- $165,960
- p10
- $104,730
- p90
- $232,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.