San Mateo, California-based Zippia, Inc., a company focused on providing career information, has revealed that the average orthopedic surgeon salary is $377,472 annually or $181.48 per hour.
Zippia provided additional insights into orthopedic surgeon salaries. For those just starting their careers, the average entry level orthopedic surgeon salary is $244,000 annually.
Gender and racial pay gaps continue to exist among orthopedic surgeons. According to Zippia, women earn $.90 for every dollar earned by men. The average male salary is $372,855 while the average female salary is $337,122. Additionally, Hispanic or Latino orthopedic surgeons earn $.91 for every dollar earned by non-Hispanic or Latino surgeons. Zippia also provided the following list of average orthopedic surgeon salaries by race:
- White: $371,197
- Black or African American: $364,595
- Asian: $363,539
- Hispanic or Latino: $339,575
For those wondering how their salary stacks up against peers, Zippia provided that data as well. An annual salary of $583,000 is in the 90th percentile while an annual salary of $244,000 is in the 10th percentile.
In addition to the above information, Zippia also supplied data on the average orthopedic surgeon salary by state. Below is the Zippia list of all states and Washington, D.C. sorted in order of highest average salary to lowest:
- Maine: $267,693
- Massachusetts: $261,396
- North Dakota: $258,834
- Louisiana: $256,461
- New Hampshire: $256,380
- Georgia: $254,573
- West Virginia: $254,135
- New York: $253,783
- Texas: $253,497
- Minnesota: $253,043
- Michigan: $252,619
- New Jersey: $252,035
- Alabama: $251,663
- Arkansas: $251,585
- Rhode Island: $251,561
- Florida: $251,264
- Pennsylvania: $251,249
- Wisconsin: $251,166
- Vermont: $250,284
- Delaware: $249,994
- South Carolina: $249,422
- Kentucky: $249,033
- Kansas: $248,226
- Mississippi: $247,521
- South Dakota: $246,547
- Iowa: $246,299
- Nebraska: $246,067
- Indiana: $245,581
- Missouri: $244,627
- Connecticut: $244,016
- Tennessee: $243,139
- Ohio: $242,945
- Oklahoma: $241,693
- Illinois: $241,193
- Maryland: $240,746
- North Carolina: $238,525
- Colorado: $237,409
- District of Columbia: $236,253
- Virginia: $235,031
- Montana: $234,848
- Arizona: $228,219
- New Mexico: $226,332
- Wyoming: $221,981
- Idaho: $219,643
- Utah: $219,163
- Alaska: $213,227
- Nevada: $201,117
- California: $200,953
- Washington: $199,024
- Oregon: $187,787
- Hawaii: $168,427
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