Highest-paying Cities for Orthotists and Prosthetists

The top 100 highest paying cities for orthotists and prosthetists (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 orthotists and prosthetists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $100,200, Kansas City, Missouri is the highest paying city for orthotists and prosthetists. It is followed by Central Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas (average annual salary $99,200). 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 orthotists and prosthetists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Orthotists and Prosthetists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Kansas City, Missouri	$100,200	$47,590	60
2	Central Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$99,200	$49,250	n/a
3	Springfield, Massachusetts	$98,780	$50,210	40
4	Anchorage, Alaska	$98,680	$77,450	30
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$97,490	$63,320	40
6	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$95,990	$53,730	340
7	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$94,110	$47,940	30
8	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$93,940	$70,390	60
9	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$93,290	$58,650	130
10	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$92,790	$44,120	80
11	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$91,480	$59,990	90
12	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$88,470	$36,340	n/a
13	Montgomery, Alabama	$87,060	$42,400	n/a
14	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$86,260	$48,020	110
15	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$86,070	$70,620	60
16	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$85,840	$51,200	350
17	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$85,690	$56,580	110
18	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$84,920	$50,800	180
19	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$84,880	$61,000	90
20	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$84,660	$64,080	330
21	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$84,140	$43,960	110
22	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$83,540	$49,970	110
23	Jackson, Mississippi	$83,360	$48,080	30
24	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$83,340	$46,300	110
25	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$82,210	$49,470	n/a
26	Salt Lake City, Utah	$81,930	$43,680	40
27	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$81,620	$50,400	240
28	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$81,540	$74,790	260
29	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$81,380	$45,090	70
30	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$81,350	$47,070	80
31	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$81,320	$71,410	40
32	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$81,180	$76,200	90
33	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$81,060	$38,800	190
34	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$81,050	$45,660	190
35	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$80,960	$49,000	100
36	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$80,810	$36,070	220
37	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$80,630	$70,370	n/a
38	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$80,500	$48,790	60
39	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$80,460	$26,750	n/a
40	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$80,200	$38,670	70
41	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$80,000	$44,480	120
42	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$79,530	$52,890	170
43	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$79,410	$41,600	30
44	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$78,890	$57,710	n/a
45	Jacksonville, Florida	$78,880	$48,670	60
46	Asheville, North Carolina	$78,480	$31,210	30
47	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$78,440	$39,090	100
48	Madison, Wisconsin	$78,180	$61,740	30
49	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$77,880	$69,030	n/a
50	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$77,870	$45,600	110
51	Tacoma, Washington	$77,820	$37,790	50
52	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$77,340	$56,280	50
53	Gainesville, Florida	$77,230	$58,360	30
54	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$76,940	$48,820	70
55	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$76,500	$40,300	80
56	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$75,870	$42,260	30
57	Richmond, Virginia	$75,800	$40,580	40
58	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$75,470	$29,990	160
59	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$74,970	$37,480	40
60	Rochester, Minnesota	$74,890	$46,820	n/a
61	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$73,700	$53,000	50
62	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$73,470	$53,510	50
63	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$73,460	$66,130	60
64	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$73,440	$36,690	30
65	Salem, Oregon	$73,380	$53,140	50
66	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$73,220	$54,900	40
67	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$73,090	$55,430	50
68	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$72,950	$45,990	190
69	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$72,880	$60,720	n/a
70	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$72,610	$37,070	40
71	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$72,040	$51,500	60
72	Knoxville, Tennessee	$71,570	$42,390	n/a
73	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$71,260	$43,940	40
74	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$70,970	$45,120	40
75	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$70,600	$46,480	40
76	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$70,190	$32,800	n/a
77	Dayton, Ohio	$69,290	$35,480	50
78	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$68,970	$44,700	60
79	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$68,880	$47,570	120
80	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$68,780	$32,360	100
81	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$68,660	$37,680	240
82	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$68,450	$38,110	60
83	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$68,410	$31,230	80
84	Bismarck, North Dakota	$68,240	$47,060	n/a
85	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$67,660	$50,310	50
86	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$67,250	$50,880	30
87	Wilmington, New Jersey	$67,140	$37,350	40
88	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$66,810	$41,580	40
89	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$65,750	$35,510	n/a
90	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$65,580	$54,440	30
91	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$64,940	$39,260	40
92	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$64,460	$42,870	n/a
93	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$64,320	$40,850	80
94	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$64,160	$30,690	80
95	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$63,550	$38,310	140
96	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$63,440	$41,350	30
97	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$62,890	$51,600	110
98	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$62,600	$31,100	30
99	Worcester, Massachusetts	$61,990	$40,780	n/a
100	Syracuse, New York	$61,940	$36,290	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for orthotists and prosthetists.