State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs South Carolina
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In South Carolina, $145,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.4% — not 13.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.6%
Maryland vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+1.4%
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%
South Carolina
Optometrists
- Median
- $145,950
- p25
- $93,980
- p75
- $163,510
- p10
- $51,740
- p90
- $172,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.