Orthotists and Prosthetists · SOC 29-2091

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Orthotists and Prosthetistss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for orthotists and prosthetists. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 57 metro areas

Orthotists and Prosthetists: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$108,110	50	0.0
2	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$107,520	320	0.0
3	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$106,990	110	0.1
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$105,420	130	0.1
5	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$103,070	280	0.0
6	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$101,230	70	0.0
7	Roanoke, VA	$98,380	50	0.3
8	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$98,320	60	0.1
9	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$97,290	130	0.1
10	Iowa City, IA	$95,290	40	0.4
11	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$95,030	60	0.0
12	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$93,600	200	0.1
13	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$92,490	30	0.0
14	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$91,820	170	0.1
15	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$91,730	70	0.1
16	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$91,220	150	0.0
17	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$90,160	220	0.1
18	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$89,620	80	0.1
19	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$89,290	60	0.1
20	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$89,230	Not published	Not published
21	Richmond, VA	$87,530	80	0.1
22	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$85,550	60	0.0
23	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$84,990	80	0.1
24	Worcester, MA	$84,930	30	0.1
25	Oklahoma City, OK	$83,780	50	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Orthotists and Prosthetists overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.