State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs Ohio
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Ohio, $134,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 23%.
Nominal pay gap
+23%
Maryland vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+8.7%
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%
Ohio
Optometrists
- Median
- $134,850
- p25
- $93,560
- p75
- $163,050
- p10
- $63,650
- p90
- $190,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- 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.