State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Oregon
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Oregon, $132,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.3% — not 29%.
Nominal pay gap
+29%
Alaska vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+30.3%
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
Oregon
Optometrists
- Median
- $132,020
- p25
- $102,030
- p75
- $143,500
- p10
- $83,830
- p90
- $161,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.