State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Montana
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Montana, $104,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.9% — not 63.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.3%
Alaska vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+50.9%
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
Montana
Optometrists
- Median
- $104,280
- p25
- $60,870
- p75
- $132,580
- p10
- $58,450
- p90
- $163,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.