State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Connecticut
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Connecticut, $150,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.6% — not 13.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.3%
Alaska vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
+14.6%
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
Connecticut
Optometrists
- Median
- $150,340
- p25
- $133,420
- p75
- $157,760
- p10
- $99,200
- p90
- $214,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.