State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: North Carolina vs Oklahoma
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Oklahoma, $97,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 54.5% — not 66%.
Nominal pay gap
+66%
North Carolina vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+54.5%
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%
Oklahoma
Optometrists
- Median
- $97,350
- p25
- $76,690
- p75
- $149,660
- p10
- $59,990
- p90
- $174,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.