State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs Virginia
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Virginia, $131,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.4% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
+26%
Maryland vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+21.4%
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%
Virginia
Optometrists
- Median
- $131,570
- p25
- $106,900
- p75
- $163,890
- p10
- $62,430
- p90
- $235,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.