State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: North Carolina vs Wyoming
Optometrists in North Carolina earn a median of $161,560. In Wyoming, $111,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.6% — not 45%.
Nominal pay gap
+45%
North Carolina vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+42.6%
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%
Wyoming
Optometrists
- Median
- $111,400
- p25
- $51,840
- p75
- $136,050
- p10
- $51,580
- p90
- $178,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.