State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs North Dakota
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In North Dakota, $132,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12% — not 28.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.9%
Alaska vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+12%
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
North Dakota
Optometrists
- Median
- $132,110
- p25
- $109,990
- p75
- $151,970
- p10
- $74,610
- p90
- $178,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.