State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Massachusetts, $151,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.3% — not 6.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.1%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-16.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Optometrists
- Median
- $151,730
- p25
- $130,480
- p75
- $166,920
- p10
- $95,780
- p90
- $196,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
North Carolina
Optometrists
- Median
- $161,560
- p25
- $123,250
- p75
- $193,790
- p10
- $94,320
- p90
- $215,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.