State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Louisiana
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Louisiana, $118,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.3% — not 44.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.3%
Alaska vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+24.3%
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
Louisiana
Optometrists
- Median
- $118,060
- p25
- $101,270
- p75
- $148,030
- p10
- $45,420
- p90
- $183,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.