State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Vermont
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Vermont, $137,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.7% — not 24.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.1%
Alaska vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+18.7%
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
Vermont
Optometrists
- Median
- $137,290
- p25
- $127,010
- p75
- $165,380
- p10
- $60,290
- p90
- $194,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.