State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs Texas
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Texas, $126,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.7% — not 31.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.6%
Maryland vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+21.7%
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%
Texas
Optometrists
- Median
- $126,000
- p25
- $101,700
- p75
- $155,090
- p10
- $54,180
- p90
- $164,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.