The top 15 highest paying cities for surgeons, except ophthalmologists (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, except ophthalmologists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $207,070, Knoxville, Tennessee is the highest paying city for surgeons, except ophthalmologists. It is followed by Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana (average annual salary $205,400). 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, except ophthalmologists in a specific city, use the links in the table.
| Rank | City/Area | Average Salary i | # of Empl. i |
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| 1 | Knoxville, Tennessee | $207,070 |
n/a | |
| 2 | Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana | $205,400 |
n/a | |
| 3 | Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia | $203,370 |
80 | |
| 4 | Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana | $203,270 |
590 | |
| 5 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida | $200,830 |
130 | |
| 6 | West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky | $198,750 |
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| 7 | Boise City-Nampa, Idaho | $193,890 |
n/a | |
| 8 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California | $162,450 |
2,380 | |
| 9 | Gainesville, Georgia | $159,780 |
n/a | |
| 10 | Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii | $152,990 |
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| 11 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida | $121,690 |
690 | |
| 12 | Boulder, Colorado | $106,470 |
80 | |
| 13 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee | $86,280 |
n/a | |
| 14 | San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | $71,220 |
n/a | |
| 15 | Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida | $39,290 |
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