State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Alaska vs Wyoming
Optometrists in Alaska earn a median of $170,310. In Wyoming, $111,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.4% — not 52.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.9%
Alaska vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+38.4%
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
Wyoming
Optometrists
- Median
- $111,400
- p25
- $51,840
- p75
- $136,050
- p10
- $51,580
- p90
- $178,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.