State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Georgia
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Georgia, $128,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.3% — not 32.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.2%
Alaska vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+24.3%
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
Georgia
Optometrists
- Median
- $128,830
- p25
- $104,850
- p75
- $159,140
- p10
- $51,030
- p90
- $189,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.