State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs New Jersey
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In New Jersey, $159,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.8% — not 7.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.1%
Alaska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+13.8%
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
New Jersey
Optometrists
- Median
- $159,040
- p25
- $134,560
- p75
- $165,960
- p10
- $104,730
- p90
- $232,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.