State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Nebraska
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Nebraska, $125,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.8% — not 36.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.2%
Alaska vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+19.8%
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
Nebraska
Optometrists
- Median
- $125,040
- p25
- $76,020
- p75
- $162,760
- p10
- $65,170
- p90
- $205,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.