State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Pennsylvania
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Pennsylvania, $135,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.9% — not 25.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.8%
Alaska vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+19.9%
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
Pennsylvania
Optometrists
- Median
- $135,400
- p25
- $110,990
- p75
- $163,890
- p10
- $92,970
- p90
- $173,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.