State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Minnesota
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Minnesota, $158,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.3% — not 7.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.3%
Alaska vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+3.3%
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
Minnesota
Optometrists
- Median
- $158,700
- p25
- $125,860
- p75
- $174,370
- p10
- $96,670
- p90
- $206,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.