State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs Oklahoma
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Oklahoma, $97,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.4% — not 70.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+70.4%
Maryland vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+42.4%
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%
Oklahoma
Optometrists
- Median
- $97,350
- p25
- $76,690
- p75
- $149,660
- p10
- $59,990
- p90
- $174,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.