State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Texas
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Texas, $126,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.2% — not 35.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.2%
Alaska vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+28.2%
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
Texas
Optometrists
- Median
- $126,000
- p25
- $101,700
- p75
- $155,090
- p10
- $54,180
- p90
- $164,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.