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Orthopedic Surgeon salary in New York

U.S. Department of Labor wage data for May 2025. New York ranks 16 of 31 states by median wage for this occupation, paying 15.5% above the national median.

$414,290median annual wage in New York, May 2025
Lower end (10th pct)
$77,150
Median
$414,290
Top earners (90th pct)
$619,340
$77,150$619,340
10th percentile
$77,150
25th percentile
$111,770
Median percentile
$414,290
75th percentile
$577,320
90th percentile
$619,340
Mean
$364,520
Employed
1,450

The median ($414,290) sits above the mean ($364,520) 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 New York compares with the rest of the country

AreaLow (10th)AverageMedianTop 10%
New York$77,150$364,520$414,290$619,340
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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