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Orthopedic Surgeon salary in Virginia

U.S. Department of Labor wage data for May 2025. Virginia ranks 12 of 31 states by median wage for this occupation, paying 33.5% above the national median.

$478,710median annual wage in Virginia, May 2025
Lower end (10th pct)
$151,810
Median
$478,710
Top earners (90th pct)
$623,030
$151,810$623,030
10th percentile
$151,810
25th percentile
$296,180
Median percentile
$478,710
75th percentile
$623,030
90th percentile
$623,030
Mean
$432,290
Employed
170

The median ($478,710) sits above the mean ($432,290) 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 Virginia compares with the rest of the country

AreaLow (10th)AverageMedianTop 10%
Virginia$151,810$432,290$478,710$623,030
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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