State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs West Virginia
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In West Virginia, $118,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.1% — not 44.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.3%
Alaska vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+26.1%
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
West Virginia
Optometrists
- Median
- $118,010
- p25
- $98,710
- p75
- $161,820
- p10
- $69,830
- p90
- $198,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.