State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Maine
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Maine, $154,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.8% — not 10.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.5%
Alaska vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+4.8%
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
Maine
Optometrists
- Median
- $154,110
- p25
- $115,870
- p75
- $177,630
- p10
- $102,600
- p90
- $241,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.