Home / Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric / Best Cities Best Cities for Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatrics Cities ranked by purchasing power — where ophthalmologists, except pediatrics get the most value from their salary after accounting for cost of living. A score above 1.00 means better than national average.
How we calculate this: City Score = (Local Salary ÷ National Median) ÷ (Local Cost ÷ National Avg Cost). A score of 1.20 means 20% better purchasing power than average.
# Location Score Raw Salary Adjusted Salary Rent/Income 1 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro 1.94 $700,850 $583,070 5% 2 Rhode Island State 1.49 $450,370 $448,129 4% 3 Iowa State 1.48 $394,900 $442,713 3% 4 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro 1.42 $412,900 $426,550 5% 5 Georgia State 1.37 $382,920 $409,979 4% 6 Florida State 1.31 $399,440 $393,537 5% 7 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro 1.30 $389,450 $391,407 5% 8 Minnesota State 1.27 $372,200 $379,796 4% 9 New Hampshire State 1.27 $404,330 $381,443 5% 10 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro 1.24 $433,520 $372,120 6% 11 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro 1.23 $359,980 $370,350 5% 12 California State 1.20 $400,150 $361,472 7% 13 Alabama State 1.17 $305,200 $350,402 4% 14 Nevada State 1.15 $345,600 $344,910 5% 15 Maine State 1.13 $337,850 $338,527 5% 16 Texas State 1.13 $323,010 $337,877 5% 17 Oregon State 1.08 $334,450 $324,709 6% 18 New York State 1.07 $360,050 $320,044 6% 19 Pennsylvania State 1.05 $304,290 $313,701 5% 20 Arkansas State 1.00 $259,320 $300,487 4% 21 Massachusetts State 1.00 $325,200 $299,724 8% 22 Ohio State 1.00 $271,270 $300,077 5% 23 Illinois State 0.97 $284,630 $292,228 6% 24 Washington State 0.95 $304,830 $284,091 7% 25 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro 0.95 $325,200 $286,520 9% 26 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro 0.93 $255,480 $277,696 6% 27 Colorado State 0.91 $288,050 $273,292 8% 28 Missouri State 0.86 $228,410 $257,799 5% 29 Tennessee State 0.84 $231,040 $252,503 7% 30 Vermont State 0.84 $258,910 $252,595 7% 31 Oklahoma State 0.81 $215,760 $243,797 5% 32 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro 0.80 $232,300 $241,476 8% 33 South Carolina State 0.78 $214,160 $232,783 7% 34 South Dakota State 0.78 $211,990 $233,469 5% 35 Wisconsin State 0.77 $213,890 $231,733 6% 36 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro 0.67 $226,640 $200,922 11% 37 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro 0.66 $210,490 $198,951 10% 38 Maryland State 0.65 $211,770 $193,929 10% 39 Michigan State 0.65 $179,720 $194,713 7% 40 Utah State 0.63 $188,490 $188,114 9% 41 Indiana State 0.62 $168,600 $186,298 8% 42 Louisiana State 0.57 $155,250 $172,309 8% 43 Virginia State 0.57 $177,410 $171,411 11% 44 Kentucky State 0.38 $101,940 $115,186 11%
Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).