The top 17 highest paying cities for oral and maxillofacial surgeons (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 oral and maxillofacial surgeons in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $204,930, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is the highest paying city for oral and maxillofacial surgeons. It is followed by Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania (average annual salary $201,630). 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 oral and maxillofacial surgeons in a specific city, use the links in the table.
| Rank | City/Area | Average Salary i | # of Empl. i |
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| 1 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas | $204,930 |
190 | |
| 2 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania | $201,630 |
70 | |
| 3 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | $190,140 |
120 | |
| 4 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California | $186,260 |
n/a | |
| 5 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas | $180,460 |
90 | |
| 6 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia | $171,290 |
n/a | |
| 7 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York | $162,960 |
70 | |
| 8 | Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York | $162,070 |
n/a | |
| 9 | Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma | $146,380 |
30 | |
| 10 | Newark-Union, Pennsylvania | $139,700 |
n/a | |
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| 11 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California | $137,740 |
n/a | |
| 12 | Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio | $133,790 |
100 | |
| 13 | Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan | $118,910 |
230 | |
| 14 | Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona | $118,780 |
50 | |
| 15 | Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan | $107,100 |
230 | |
| 16 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia | $101,360 |
80 | |
| 17 | Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas | $98,390 |
n/a | |