State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs West Virginia
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In West Virginia, $118,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.8% — not 40.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.5%
Maryland vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+19.8%
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%
West Virginia
Optometrists
- Median
- $118,010
- p25
- $98,710
- p75
- $161,820
- p10
- $69,830
- p90
- $198,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.