State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Michigan
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Michigan, $135,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.9% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.6%
Alaska vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+17.9%
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
Michigan
Optometrists
- Median
- $135,650
- p25
- $125,000
- p75
- $161,970
- p10
- $98,110
- p90
- $213,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- 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.