State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: New York vs Texas
Optometrists in New York earn a median of $161,140. In Texas, $126,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.1% — not 27.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.9%
New York vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+15.1%
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)
- +160%
Texas
Optometrists
- Median
- $126,000
- p25
- $101,700
- p75
- $155,090
- p10
- $54,180
- p90
- $164,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- 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.