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Orthopedic Surgeon salary in Massachusetts

U.S. Department of Labor wage data for May 2025. Massachusetts ranks 18 of 31 states by median wage for this occupation, paying 9.4% above the national median.

$392,300median annual wage in Massachusetts, May 2025
Lower end (10th pct)
$200,220
Median
$392,300
Top earners (90th pct)
$392,380
$200,220$392,380
10th percentile
$200,220
25th percentile
$386,670
Median percentile
$392,300
75th percentile
$392,300
90th percentile
$392,380
Mean
$368,800

The median ($392,300) sits above the mean ($368,800) here, which is normal in medicine: part-time and partial-year clinicians pull the average down, so the median is the better description of a full-time job.

How Massachusetts compares with the rest of the country

AreaLow (10th)AverageMedianTop 10%
Massachusetts$200,220$368,800$392,300$392,380
United States$84,170$373,570$358,550$659,290

Orthopedic Surgeon salary in other states

Where this comes from. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, for the occupation Orthopedic Surgeons. Employers report the wages they actually pay, and the methodology is published — unlike self-reported salary surveys, which nobody can verify.

What it leaves out. OES counts wage-and-salary employees. Self-employed physicians and practice owners are outside its scope, and partnership distributions are not wages, so in specialties where private practice is common these figures are likely to be conservative. Bonuses and profit-sharing are excluded from the wage measure as well.

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