State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs New York
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In New York, $161,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.4% — not 5.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.7%
Alaska vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+11.4%
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 York
Optometrists
- Median
- $161,140
- p25
- $127,900
- p75
- $175,740
- p10
- $95,460
- p90
- $203,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.