State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Colorado
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Colorado, $152,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.8% — not 12%.
Nominal pay gap
+12%
Alaska vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+12.8%
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
Colorado
Optometrists
- Median
- $152,000
- p25
- $110,020
- p75
- $169,190
- p10
- $65,910
- p90
- $212,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.