State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: North Carolina vs Oregon
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Oregon, $132,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.2% — not 22.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.4%
North Carolina vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+34.2%
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%
Oregon
Optometrists
- Median
- $132,020
- p25
- $102,030
- p75
- $143,500
- p10
- $83,830
- p90
- $161,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.