State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Massachusetts, $151,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16% — not 12.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.2%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+16%
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
Massachusetts
Optometrists
- Median
- $151,730
- p25
- $130,480
- p75
- $166,920
- p10
- $95,780
- p90
- $196,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.