State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs New Mexico
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In New Mexico, $144,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.7% — not 14.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.6%
Maryland vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+0.7%
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 Mexico
Optometrists
- Median
- $144,660
- p25
- $109,260
- p75
- $178,060
- p10
- $88,160
- p90
- $202,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.