State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs Tennessee
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Tennessee, $134,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.2% — not 23.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.6%
Maryland vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+8.2%
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%
Tennessee
Optometrists
- Median
- $134,170
- p25
- $63,510
- p75
- $160,150
- p10
- $47,630
- p90
- $167,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.