State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: North Carolina vs Wisconsin
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Wisconsin, $139,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 15.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.6%
North Carolina vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+15.4%
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%
Wisconsin
Optometrists
- Median
- $139,720
- p25
- $113,620
- p75
- $171,280
- p10
- $75,390
- p90
- $203,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- 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.