State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: New York vs North Carolina
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In New York, $161,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.8% — not 0.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.3%
New York vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-12.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Optometrists
- Median
- $161,140
- p25
- $127,900
- p75
- $175,740
- p10
- $95,460
- p90
- $203,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.