State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Idaho
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Idaho, $103,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 53.6% — not 64.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.7%
Alaska vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+53.6%
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
Idaho
Optometrists
- Median
- $103,390
- p25
- $64,610
- p75
- $155,100
- p10
- $52,000
- p90
- $189,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.