State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs Washington
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Washington, $157,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.3% — not 5.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.3%
Maryland vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+7.3%
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%
Washington
Optometrists
- Median
- $157,560
- p25
- $126,730
- p75
- $171,200
- p10
- $103,880
- p90
- $217,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.