State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Arizona
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Arizona, $122,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37% — not 39.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.3%
Alaska vs Arizona
COL-adjusted gap
+37%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Arizona
Optometrists
- Median
- $122,250
- p25
- $104,480
- p75
- $165,030
- p10
- $99,570
- p90
- $171,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.