Highest-paying Cities for Surgeons

The top 53 highest paying cities for 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 surgeons in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $207,910, Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida is the highest paying city for surgeons. It is followed by Knoxville, Tennessee (average annual salary $207,580). 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 surgeons in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 53 Highest-paying cities/areas for Surgeons

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$207,910	$109,360	60
2	Knoxville, Tennessee	$207,580	$177,600	90
3	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$206,950	$145,680	140
4	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$205,320	$129,920	70
5	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$204,770	$56,460	n/a
6	Akron, Ohio	$202,330	$59,310	220
7	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$202,080	$61,080	840
8	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$200,790	$90,890	810
9	Kansas City, Missouri	$199,970	$176,450	250
10	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$198,110	$58,690	410
11	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$197,100	$175,440	170
12	St Louis, Missouri	$194,600	$182,820	130
13	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$194,360	$117,440	80
14	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$194,030	$109,670	n/a
15	Danbury, Connecticut	$192,120	$57,820	50
16	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$189,270	$63,660	1,080
17	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$188,970	$63,200	1,640
18	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$187,680	$93,580	150
19	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$186,610	$106,770	170
20	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$186,420	$61,350	1,110
21	Springfield, Illinois	$185,840	$102,090	70
22	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$184,280	$158,180	50
23	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$183,970	$62,790	110
24	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$183,680	$54,220	40
25	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$182,730	$55,770	380
26	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$179,330	$157,580	40
27	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$178,110	$104,070	630
28	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$177,320	$33,380	490
29	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$176,450	$186,510	580
30	Corpus Christi, Texas	$175,100	$95,070	150
31	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$170,660	$119,050	40
32	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$167,670	$166,330	280
33	Springfield, Massachusetts	$164,810	$135,690	90
34	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$157,270	$57,810	90
35	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$151,080	$198,330	370
36	Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$150,020	$128,380	40
37	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$149,830	$70,700	30
38	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$147,900	$86,430	260
39	Lafayette, Louisiana	$144,520	$127,440	n/a
40	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$141,210	$171,840	120
41	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$138,770	$54,990	300
42	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$136,890	$67,720	90
43	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$134,980	$78,200	n/a
44	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$125,250	$45,770	40
45	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$118,730	$29,910	60
46	Boulder, Colorado	$95,850	$85,700	50
47	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$69,620	$177,540	210
48	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$65,570	$145,190	110
49	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$65,300	$54,780	460
50	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$61,840	$50,690	40
51	Wichita Falls, Texas	$59,680	$16,860	n/a
52	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$57,360	$51,320	210
53	Johnson City, Tennessee	$45,280	$32,760	50

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for surgeons.