State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Rhode Island
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Rhode Island, $134,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.5% — not 26.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.6%
Alaska vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+26.5%
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
Rhode Island
Optometrists
- Median
- $134,520
- p25
- $114,090
- p75
- $167,930
- p10
- $71,670
- p90
- $215,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.