State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs New York
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In New York, $161,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.8% — not 2.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+2.9%
Maryland vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+5.8%
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 York
Optometrists
- Median
- $161,140
- p25
- $127,900
- p75
- $175,740
- p10
- $95,460
- p90
- $203,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.