State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Kentucky
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Kentucky, $128,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.4% — not 32.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.2%
Alaska vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+16.4%
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
Kentucky
Optometrists
- Median
- $128,860
- p25
- $97,290
- p75
- $168,030
- p10
- $82,240
- p90
- $254,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.