State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs California
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In California, $136,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.1% — not 25%.
Nominal pay gap
+25%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
+35.1%
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
California
Optometrists
- Median
- $136,300
- p25
- $122,960
- p75
- $166,300
- p10
- $99,890
- p90
- $213,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.