State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Minnesota vs North Carolina
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Minnesota, $158,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.1% — not 1.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-1.8%
Minnesota vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-6.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Optometrists
- Median
- $158,700
- p25
- $125,860
- p75
- $174,370
- p10
- $96,670
- p90
- $206,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.