Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric salary

SOC 29-1242 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$358,550

per year, nationally

Middle half

$180,610–$530,700

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

14,100

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+4.1%

400 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$84,170$659,290

10th: $84,170
25th: $180,610
Median: $358,550
75th: $530,700
90th: $659,290

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Doctoral or professional degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Internship/residency

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where orthopedic surgeons, except pediatric earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Missouri	$842,800	90.8	—	—
2	West Virginia	$597,740	89.5	120	1.87×
3	Wisconsin	$572,060	94.1	290	1.08×
4	Montana	$560,820	94.6	—	—
5	Arizona	$558,970	100.7	110	0.37×
6	New Hampshire	$555,670	104.2	80	1.34×
7	Washington	$553,310	107.0	290	0.91×
8	Mississippi	$544,130	87.0	—	—
9	Minnesota	$537,830	98.6	320	1.19×
10	Oklahoma	$530,070	87.8	30	0.22×
11	Nebraska	$507,770	90.1	200	2.20×
12	Virginia	$478,710	101.1	170	0.46×
13	Georgia	$474,820	96.3	490	1.10×
14	Florida	$473,750	103.4	580	0.64×
15	Illinois	$426,580	100.0	170	0.30×
16	New York	$414,290	107.9	1,450	1.65×
17	Michigan	$413,450	96.2	200	0.50×
18	Massachusetts	$392,300	105.8	—	—
19	Colorado	$385,410	103.1	410	1.56×
20	Pennsylvania	$354,020	97.6	240	0.44×
21	New Jersey	$341,430	108.8	420	1.09×
22	Tennessee	$325,520	91.9	180	0.61×
23	Alabama	$324,570	88.8	380	1.97×
24	North Carolina	$323,630	94.3	560	1.24×
25	Ohio	$323,480	92.8	500	0.99×
26	Kansas	$311,630	90.1	—	—
27	Arkansas	$262,470	86.9	350	2.94×
28	California	$253,430	110.7	—	—
29	Texas	$200,780	97.1	490	0.38×
30	Iowa	$189,410	87.8	260	1.84×
31	Indiana	$177,710	93.3	500	1.71×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where orthopedic surgeons, except pediatric wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for orthopedic surgeons, except pediatric

The 32 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Springfield, MO	$869,540	88.6	—	—
2	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$726,990	100.2	—	—
3	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$666,930	103.1	100	0.28×
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$576,130	111.1	180	0.95×
5	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$572,910	97.3	140	1.12×
6	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$558,970	103.3	—	—
7	Omaha, NE-IA	$534,820	91.9	130	2.89×
8	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$529,890	100.0	50	1.55×
9	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$524,350	105.4	120	1.11×
10	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$523,610	100.9	—	—
11	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$478,700	97.9	—	—
12	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$446,510	103.6	50	0.13×
13	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$396,920	114.2	—	—
14	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$392,300	108.3	—	—
15	Worcester, MA	$391,930	102.5	60	2.02×
16	Lincoln, NE	$365,830	91.6	40	2.66×
17	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$341,810	102.6	130	0.51×
18	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$341,430	112.6	1,520	1.76×
19	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$334,250	95.4	—	—
20	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$325,520	92.2	60	1.03×
21	Cleveland, OH	$323,480	93.9	100	1.12×
22	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$312,610	106.7	—	—
23	Jonesboro, AR	$269,990	85.9	30	6.10×
24	Lexington-Fayette, KY	$256,240	92.9	80	3.03×
25	Boulder, CO	$211,600	105.2	130	7.71×
26	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$204,290	111.9	230	1.65×
27	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$203,890	113.6	—	—
28	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$83,160	98.6	150	0.51×
29	Rochester, NY	$77,150	97.0	90	1.94×
30	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$75,720	99.6	30	0.80×
31	Morgantown, WV	$71,800	93.3	50	7.43×
32	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$70,610	92.7	50	1.58×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where orthopedic surgeons, except pediatric wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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What the range looks like

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Best paying metro areas for orthopedic surgeons, except pediatric

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