State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs Utah
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Utah, $119,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.2% — not 39.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.3%
Maryland vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+31.2%
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%
Utah
Optometrists
- Median
- $119,070
- p25
- $50,040
- p75
- $160,330
- p10
- $44,470
- p90
- $172,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.