State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Nevada
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Nevada, $135,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.6% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.6%
Alaska vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+22.6%
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
Nevada
Optometrists
- Median
- $135,650
- p25
- $101,030
- p75
- $175,380
- p10
- $74,530
- p90
- $181,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.