State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Arkansas
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Arkansas, $124,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.1% — not 36.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.8%
Alaska vs Arkansas
COL-adjusted gap
+16.1%
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
Arkansas
Optometrists
- Median
- $124,470
- p25
- $84,140
- p75
- $147,590
- p10
- $57,960
- p90
- $181,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.