State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Virginia
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Virginia, $131,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.8% — not 29.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.4%
Alaska vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+27.8%
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
Virginia
Optometrists
- Median
- $131,570
- p25
- $106,900
- p75
- $163,890
- p10
- $62,430
- p90
- $235,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.