State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs Rhode Island
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Rhode Island, $134,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.1% — not 23.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.3%
Maryland vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+20.1%
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%
Rhode Island
Optometrists
- Median
- $134,520
- p25
- $114,090
- p75
- $167,930
- p10
- $71,670
- p90
- $215,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.