State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs New Hampshire
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In New Hampshire, $125,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38% — not 35.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.6%
Alaska vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+38%
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
New Hampshire
Optometrists
- Median
- $125,560
- p25
- $117,580
- p75
- $155,580
- p10
- $76,360
- p90
- $205,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
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.