State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs South Carolina
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In South Carolina, $145,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.8% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.7%
Alaska vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+6.8%
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
South Carolina
Optometrists
- Median
- $145,950
- p25
- $93,980
- p75
- $163,510
- p10
- $51,740
- p90
- $172,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.