State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Illinois
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Illinois, $145,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.2% — not 17%.
Nominal pay gap
+17%
Alaska vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+14.2%
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
Illinois
Optometrists
- Median
- $145,620
- p25
- $129,310
- p75
- $162,650
- p10
- $93,350
- p90
- $190,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.