State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs North Dakota
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In North Dakota, $132,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.4% — not 25.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.5%
Maryland vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+6.4%
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%
North Dakota
Optometrists
- Median
- $132,110
- p25
- $109,990
- p75
- $151,970
- p10
- $74,610
- p90
- $178,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.