State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs New Mexico
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In New Mexico, $144,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6% — not 17.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.7%
Alaska vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+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
New Mexico
Optometrists
- Median
- $144,660
- p25
- $109,260
- p75
- $178,060
- p10
- $88,160
- p90
- $202,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.