State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Tennessee
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Tennessee, $134,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.9% — not 26.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.9%
Alaska vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+13.9%
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
Tennessee
Optometrists
- Median
- $134,170
- p25
- $63,510
- p75
- $160,150
- p10
- $47,630
- p90
- $167,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.