State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs Pennsylvania
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Pennsylvania, $135,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.8% — not 22.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.5%
Maryland vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+13.8%
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%
Pennsylvania
Optometrists
- Median
- $135,400
- p25
- $110,990
- p75
- $163,890
- p10
- $92,970
- p90
- $173,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.