State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Oklahoma
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Oklahoma, $97,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50% — not 74.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+74.9%
Alaska vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+50%
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
Oklahoma
Optometrists
- Median
- $97,350
- p25
- $76,690
- p75
- $149,660
- p10
- $59,990
- p90
- $174,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.