State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs Wyoming
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Wyoming, $111,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.4% — not 48.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+48.9%
Maryland vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+31.4%
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%
Wyoming
Optometrists
- Median
- $111,400
- p25
- $51,840
- p75
- $136,050
- p10
- $51,580
- p90
- $178,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.