State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alabama vs Alaska
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Alabama, $145,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.8% — not 14.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.8%
Alabama vs Alaska
COL-adjusted gap
-1.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Optometrists
- Median
- $145,090
- p25
- $104,730
- p75
- $166,870
- p10
- $56,740
- p90
- $196,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Alaska
Optometrists
- Median
- $170,310
- p25
- $134,480
- p75
- $203,510
- p10
- $98,530
- p90
- $218,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.