State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs Vermont
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Vermont, $137,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.7% — not 20.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.8%
Maryland vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+12.7%
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%
Vermont
Optometrists
- Median
- $137,290
- p25
- $127,010
- p75
- $165,380
- p10
- $60,290
- p90
- $194,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.