Orthotists and Prosthetists salary

SOC 29-2091 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$81,110

per year, nationally

Middle half

$61,290–$99,990

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

9,390

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+13.3%

900 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.

$46,350$119,810

10th: $46,350
25th: $61,290
Median: $81,110
75th: $99,990
90th: $119,810

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Master's 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 orthotists and prosthetists 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	New Jersey	$118,950	108.8	240	0.93×
2	Washington	$105,240	107.0	250	1.15×
3	Utah	$96,530	98.9	70	0.65×
4	Maryland	$95,030	105.0	90	0.53×
5	Oregon	$93,790	103.4	120	0.98×
6	Rhode Island	$93,350	102.3	—	—
7	Virginia	$92,930	101.1	340	1.35×
8	California	$91,820	110.7	1,050	0.95×
9	Massachusetts	$89,860	105.8	350	1.59×
10	Wisconsin	$89,710	94.1	140	0.79×
11	New York	$89,610	107.9	300	0.51×
12	Illinois	$89,180	100.0	240	0.66×
13	Iowa	$87,300	87.8	90	0.99×
14	Oklahoma	$83,780	87.8	80	0.75×
15	North Carolina	$82,190	94.3	260	0.88×
16	Pennsylvania	$81,460	97.6	430	1.18×
17	Florida	$81,370	103.4	550	0.92×
18	Maine	$81,230	97.0	60	1.60×
19	West Virginia	$80,860	89.5	70	1.55×
20	South Dakota	$80,760	88.6	40	1.45×
21	Mississippi	$80,500	87.0	60	0.86×
22	Nevada	$80,390	100.0	100	1.08×
23	South Carolina	$79,990	93.7	230	1.63×
24	Arkansas	$78,850	86.9	40	0.52×
25	Missouri	$78,100	90.8	250	1.43×
26	Texas	$77,220	97.1	500	0.59×
27	Connecticut	$77,030	103.6	—	—
28	Colorado	$76,720	103.1	—	—
29	Alabama	$76,400	88.8	100	0.81×
30	Georgia	$75,920	96.3	110	0.36×
31	Michigan	$75,810	96.2	—	—
32	Minnesota	$75,530	98.6	90	0.52×
33	Louisiana	$75,460	88.2	100	0.89×
34	Kansas	$74,030	90.1	—	—
35	New Hampshire	$70,400	104.2	130	3.24×
36	Arizona	$67,350	100.7	70	0.37×
37	Indiana	$66,180	93.3	120	0.64×
38	Tennessee	$65,170	91.9	250	1.24×
39	Ohio	$64,870	92.8	390	1.16×
40	Kentucky	$64,730	90.2	80	0.69×
41	New Mexico	$62,970	92.2	70	1.32×
42	North Dakota	$62,570	89.0	40	1.35×
43	Nebraska	$61,290	90.1	110	1.84×
44	District of Columbia	$44,080	109.9	170	4.05×

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 orthotists and prosthetists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for orthotists and prosthetists

The 40 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	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$108,110	110.4	50	0.67×
2	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$107,520	112.6	320	0.57×
3	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$106,990	105.4	110	1.46×
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$105,420	111.1	130	1.06×
5	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$103,070	113.6	280	0.75×
6	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$101,230	111.9	70	0.73×
7	Roanoke, VA	$98,380	93.6	50	5.15×
8	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$98,320	98.2	60	1.25×
9	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$97,290	115.6	130	0.92×
10	Iowa City, IA	$95,290	91.5	40	6.53×
11	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$95,030	104.5	60	0.71×
12	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$93,600	102.6	200	1.17×
13	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$92,490	100.9	30	0.62×
14	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$91,820	106.4	170	1.60×
15	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$91,730	96.9	70	1.31×
16	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$91,220	103.6	150	0.54×
17	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$90,160	108.3	220	1.33×
18	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$89,620	101.8	80	1.83×
19	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$89,290	93.3	60	2.30×
20	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$89,230	114.2	—	—
21	Richmond, VA	$87,530	97.9	80	2.07×
22	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$85,550	97.3	60	0.78×
23	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$84,990	106.7	80	1.26×
24	Worcester, MA	$84,930	102.5	30	1.51×
25	Oklahoma City, OK	$83,780	90.4	50	1.23×
26	Rochester, NY	$83,770	97.0	30	1.00×
27	St. Louis, MO-IL	$83,090	95.1	110	1.36×
28	Springfield, MA	$82,970	96.1	30	2.77×
29	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$82,830	108.9	250	1.32×
30	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$81,540	103.1	130	0.52×
31	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$81,260	100.9	160	1.83×
32	Ann Arbor, MI	$81,140	100.9	90	6.74×
33	Jacksonville, FL	$81,110	99.5	—	—
34	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$80,600	104.8	70	0.60×
35	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$80,550	95.5	80	2.28×
36	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$80,390	100.2	70	1.05×
37	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$79,080	98.6	80	0.42×
38	Kansas City, MO-KS	$77,550	92.5	—	—
39	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$76,990	101.4	80	0.92×
40	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$76,880	100.1	70	0.39×

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 orthotists and prosthetists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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