State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: North Carolina vs Utah
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Utah, $119,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.3% — not 35.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.7%
North Carolina vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+42.3%
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%
Utah
Optometrists
- Median
- $119,070
- p25
- $50,040
- p75
- $160,330
- p10
- $44,470
- p90
- $172,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.