Surgeons, All Other · SOC 29-1249

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Surgeons, All Others

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for surgeons, all other. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (9 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 74 metro areas

Surgeons, All Other: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$762,360	140	0.2
2	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$630,540	70	0.2
3	Charleston, WV	$619,320	60	0.6
4	Toledo, OH	$618,680	50	0.2
5	Columbus, OH	$609,450	180	0.2
6	Fargo, ND-MN	$604,890	80	0.5
7	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$568,150	330	0.2
8	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$561,070	160	0.1
9	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$535,800	Not published	Not published
10	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$529,100	90	0.0
11	Flagstaff, AZ	$520,400	Not published	Not published
12	Worcester, MA	$517,150	150	0.4
13	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$504,360	250	0.1
14	St. Cloud, MN	$503,740	40	0.4
15	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$500,390	70	0.1
16	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$494,800	470	0.1
17	Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	$493,720	30	0.2
18	Pittsfield, MA	$476,230	30	0.5
19	Boulder, CO	$465,940	50	0.3
20	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$462,620	340	0.1
21	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$459,300	360	0.3
22	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$453,590	120	1.0
23	Binghamton, NY	$443,420	30	0.3
24	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	$441,180	Not published	Not published
25	Springfield, IL	$438,010	80	0.8

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Surgeons, All Other 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.