Job Outlook (2024–2034 BLS projection)

The BLS Employment Projections program estimates how each occupation's employment will change over the coming decade, and how many job openings to expect each year (from both growth and the need to replace workers who leave).

Projected Growth

+3.9%

Faster than average

Employment 2024

25,100

Projected 2034

26,000

Annual Openings

600

Typical entry-level education: Doctoral or professional degree.

Highest-Paying Areas (2023)

Where Surgeons, All Other earn the most, and how each area's median compares to the national median of N/A. A positive premium means the area pays above the national rate.

Highest-paying areas for Surgeons, All Other, BLS OEWS 2023.
Area	Median Annual	vs National	Employment
Massachusetts	$234,400	—	880
Iowa	$218,730	—	150
Alabama	$216,840	—	350
Washington	$210,570	—	820
Tennessee	$207,440	—	330
Texas	$206,980	—	1,680
Maryland	$149,990	—	600
New York	$130,430	—	4,030

Full wages-by-state breakdown →

Wage Distribution (National, 2023)

10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th, and 90th percentile annual wages from BLS OEWS — the full spread, not just an average.

10th Pct

$78,000

25th Pct

$120,000

Median

—

75th Pct

—

90th Pct

—

H-1B Employer Filings

Employer-certified wages from DOL H-1B LCA filings — competitive market benchmark, not approved visas.

H-1B employer filings for Surgeons, All Other, DOL LCA data.
Employer	State	Filings	Median Wage
Emory University	GA	6	$85,366
University of Utah	UT	4	$466,951
Medical University of South Carolina and Affiliates	SC	3	$400,000
Arizona Advanced Surgery	AZ	3	$465,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation	OH	3	$100,000
University of Pittsburgh Physicians	PA	2	$270,000
Baystate Medical Practices, Inc.	MA	2	$472,350
Yavapai Community Hospital Association	AZ	2	$559,520
University Hospitals Medical Group, Inc.	OH	2	$700,000
Cleveland Clinic	OH	2	$400,000
University of Minnesota Physicians	MN	2	$253,282
Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group - Specialty Care, P.C.	NJ	2	$480,000
West Virginia University	WV	2	$950,000
Olean General Hospital	NY	2	$340,000
Baptist Health South Florida, Inc.	FL	2	$450,000
Iowa Physicians Clinic Medical Foundation	IA	2	$475,000
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY	NJ	2	$336,617
UT Methodist Physicians	TN	2	$329,000
Mat-Su Valley III, LLC	AK	2	$625,000
Bayhealth Medical Center, Inc.	DE	2	$450,000

Source: DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B LCA data.

Related Occupations in Healthcare Practitioners & Technical

Other occupations in the same SOC major group, ranked by national median wage.

Physicians, All Other $236,000 Prosthodontists $234,000 Dentists, All Other Specialists $227,690 Psychiatrists $226,880 Neurologists $224,260 General Internal Medicine Physicians $223,310 Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric $219,810 Nurse Anesthetists $212,650

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