State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: North Carolina vs South Carolina
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In South Carolina, $145,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10% — not 10.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.7%
North Carolina vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+10%
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%
South Carolina
Optometrists
- Median
- $145,950
- p25
- $93,980
- p75
- $163,510
- p10
- $51,740
- p90
- $172,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.