State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Florida
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Florida, $151,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 12.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.3%
Alaska vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
+13.4%
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
Florida
Optometrists
- Median
- $151,670
- p25
- $122,730
- p75
- $167,270
- p10
- $62,490
- p90
- $196,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +43%
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.