State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Missouri
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Missouri, $133,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 27.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.3%
Alaska vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+12.9%
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
Missouri
Optometrists
- Median
- $133,810
- p25
- $103,720
- p75
- $159,870
- p10
- $64,610
- p90
- $175,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.