State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Mississippi
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Mississippi, $108,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.9% — not 57.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+57.6%
Alaska vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+33.9%
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
Mississippi
Optometrists
- Median
- $108,070
- p25
- $94,360
- p75
- $165,540
- p10
- $63,470
- p90
- $215,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.