The top 17 highest paying cities for ophthalmologists, except pediatric (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of ophthalmologists, except pediatric in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $225,230, Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin is the highest paying city for ophthalmologists, except pediatric. It is followed by Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin (average annual salary $218,320). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of ophthalmologists, except pediatric in a specific city, use the links in the table.
| Rank | City/Area | Average Salary i | # of Empl. i |
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| 1 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin | $225,230 |
50 | |
| 2 | Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin | $218,320 |
110 | |
| 3 | Rochester, New York | $214,820 |
30 | |
| 4 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia | $210,570 |
130 | |
| 5 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee | $204,960 |
n/a | |
| 6 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York | $204,040 |
250 | |
| 7 | Baltimore-Towson, Maryland | $201,420 |
80 | |
| 8 | Salisbury, Maryland | $199,990 |
30 | |
| 9 | Memphis, Tennessee | $186,990 |
40 | |
| 10 | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California | $178,710 |
60 | |
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| 11 | Boulder, Colorado | $168,190 |
40 | |
| 12 | Kansas City, Missouri | $164,830 |
n/a | |
| 13 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | $160,280 |
40 | |
| 14 | Knoxville, Tennessee | $154,740 |
n/a | |
| 15 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas | $147,680 |
60 | |
| 16 | Tucson, Arizona | $132,400 |
n/a | |
| 17 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California | $132,350 |
310 | |