State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: North Carolina vs Vermont
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Vermont, $137,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.3% — not 17.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.7%
North Carolina vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+22.3%
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%
Vermont
Optometrists
- Median
- $137,290
- p25
- $127,010
- p75
- $165,380
- p10
- $60,290
- p90
- $194,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.