State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Utah
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Utah, $119,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.1% — not 43%.
Nominal pay gap
+43%
Alaska vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+38.1%
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
Utah
Optometrists
- Median
- $119,070
- p25
- $50,040
- p75
- $160,330
- p10
- $44,470
- p90
- $172,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.