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Optometrist jobs in Alaska

open optometrist jobs in Alaska at . BLS measures a median of $81.88 an hour (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Optometrists in Alaska) for optometrists here.

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Checked 5 Nov 2026, 08:17 UTC

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Where the optometrist jobs are in Alaska

Towns with the most open jobs in this occupation. A town with a page lists every care job open there, by occupation.

What optometrists earn in Alaska

The hourly pay open jobs here post, beside what BLS measured people employed in the occupation earned in the state and its metro areas.

Posted on open jobs in Alaska

Too few open jobs here post an hourly rate for a typical range (it takes eight from three employers).

Measured by BLS in Alaska, May 2025

$81.88/hr ($170,310 a year) (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Optometrists in Alaska)

Median for optometrists, against $65.66 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Optometrists, national) for the whole US; 60 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Optometrists in Alaska) employed in Alaska.

By metro area

  • Anchorage, AK$80.29/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Anchorage, AK) · 30 (source: BLS OEWS, Anchorage, AK) employed

BLS OEWS May 2025 metropolitan area estimates for Optometrists; areas that cross a state line list every state.

Employers hiring optometrists in Alaska

What the job takes

A four-year Doctor of Optometry (OD) degree, then the NBEO exams and a state license.

  • License

    Optometry license (NBEO exams)

    State optometry board; exams by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry. Required in every state

Optometrist jobs in Alaska: common questions

How much do optometrists make in Alaska?

Too few open optometrist jobs in Alaska post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $81.88/hr ($170,310 a year) for optometrists in Alaska (May 2025), against $65.66 nationally, 1st highest of 52 states and territories.

Where in Alaska are the most optometrist jobs?

Dillingham (1), Juneau (1), Kodiak (1), North Pole (1) and Sitka (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.

Who is hiring optometrists in Alaska?

By open jobs on this board: VSP Vision (2), Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation (1) and DigitalOptometrics (1). In all, 4 employers have optometrist jobs open in Alaska.

What do you need to work as an optometrist in Alaska?

A four-year Doctor of Optometry (OD) degree, then the NBEO exams and a state license. Optometry license (NBEO exams) (State optometry board; exams by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry; required in every state). Where a license is state-issued, it comes from Alaska's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.

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CareJobs.Now reads each employer's own job board every night; a job stays listed while the employer keeps it posted, and each opens the employer's own application.

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Sources and method

A job counts here when one of its locations is in Alaska, once however many locations there it lists. Its occupation is read from its title. Posted pay is the middle half of the distinct hourly rates jobs here state (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), shown when at least three such rates from three employers stand behind it. BLS figures are as published for the state, never adjusted.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs in Alaska, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 5 Nov 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Optometrists (SOC 29-1041), every state, published 15 May 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Optometrists, national, published 15 May 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Optometrists by metropolitan area, published 15 May 2026
  5. Optometry license (NBEO exams): State optometry board; exams by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Optometrist jobs in Alaska. Data as of 5 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/occupations/optometrist/alaska

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