State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Iowa
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Iowa, $125,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.5% — not 35.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.8%
Alaska vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+16.5%
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
Iowa
Optometrists
- Median
- $125,380
- p25
- $90,330
- p75
- $140,630
- p10
- $73,660
- p90
- $175,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.