State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Wisconsin
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Wisconsin, $139,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12% — not 21.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.9%
Alaska vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+12%
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
Wisconsin
Optometrists
- Median
- $139,720
- p25
- $113,620
- p75
- $171,280
- p10
- $75,390
- p90
- $203,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- 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.