State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Delaware
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Delaware, $161,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.9% — not 5.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.6%
Alaska vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+2.9%
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
Delaware
Optometrists
- Median
- $161,270
- p25
- $107,880
- p75
- $175,750
- p10
- $77,980
- p90
- $188,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.