State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Nebraska vs North Carolina
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Nebraska, $125,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19% — not 22.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.6%
Nebraska vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-19%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Optometrists
- Median
- $125,040
- p25
- $76,020
- p75
- $162,760
- p10
- $65,170
- p90
- $205,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.