State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: North Carolina vs Texas
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Texas, $126,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32% — not 28.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.2%
North Carolina vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+32%
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%
Texas
Optometrists
- Median
- $126,000
- p25
- $101,700
- p75
- $155,090
- p10
- $54,180
- p90
- $164,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.