State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Kansas
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Kansas, $138,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.1% — not 22.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.9%
Alaska vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+8.1%
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
Kansas
Optometrists
- Median
- $138,580
- p25
- $118,910
- p75
- $160,270
- p10
- $85,010
- p90
- $192,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.