State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Mississippi vs North Carolina
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Mississippi, $108,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.5% — not 33.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.1%
Mississippi vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-27.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Optometrists
- Median
- $108,070
- p25
- $94,360
- p75
- $165,540
- p10
- $63,470
- p90
- $215,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.