The highest-paying states for all other 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 all other surgeons in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $220,900, Alabama is the highest paying state for all other surgeons. It is followed by District of Columbia (average annual salary $212,290). 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 all other surgeons in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | $220,900 |
$109,880 | 530 |
| 2 | District of Columbia | $212,290 |
$107,430 | 40 |
| 3 | California | $195,870 |
$112,590 | 2,480 |
| 4 | New York | $155,560 |
$77,990 | 3,340 |
| 5 | Washington | $83,200 |
$65,110 | 470 |
Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of all other surgeons in those states is not available at this time.
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