State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: North Carolina vs Pennsylvania
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Pennsylvania, $135,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.5% — not 19.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.3%
North Carolina vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+23.5%
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%
Pennsylvania
Optometrists
- Median
- $135,400
- p25
- $110,990
- p75
- $163,890
- p10
- $92,970
- p90
- $173,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.