State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Indiana
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Indiana, $135,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 25.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.7%
Alaska vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+14.5%
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
Indiana
Optometrists
- Median
- $135,500
- p25
- $102,840
- p75
- $161,820
- p10
- $76,860
- p90
- $193,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.