State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: North Carolina vs Ohio
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Ohio, $134,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.9% — not 19.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.8%
North Carolina vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+17.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Ohio
Optometrists
- Median
- $134,850
- p25
- $93,560
- p75
- $163,050
- p10
- $63,650
- p90
- $190,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.