SOC 29-1023 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025
How much do Orthodontists make in Cleveland, OH?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Orthodontists in Cleveland, OH is $318,070. The 10th percentile is $219,300 and the 90th percentile is $318,070. Employment was not published.
Median annual wage
$318,070
- 10th percentile
- $219,300
- 25th percentile
- $219,300
- Median
- $318,070
- 75th percentile
- $318,070
- 90th percentile
- $318,070
- Mean
- $277,590
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Orthodontists, the published 10th percentile is $219,300 and the 90th percentile is $318,070. The difference is $98,770, which is 31.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $219,300 to the 75th at $318,070, covers $98,770.
The mean annual wage is $277,590, which sits below the median of $318,070. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Cleveland, OH median is 10% higher than the national median of $289,140 for Orthodontists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $338,650, which is 17.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 45% higher than the Ohio median of $219,300.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Cleveland, OH is 93.923, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $318,070 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Orthodontists at $338,650 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Orthodontists in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Highest-paying jobs in Cleveland, OH · Orthodontists by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Orthodontists make in Cleveland, OH?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Orthodontists in Cleveland, OH is $318,070. The 10th percentile is $219,300 and the 90th percentile is $318,070.
How does that compare with the national median for Orthodontists?
The local median is 10% higher than the national median of $289,140.
What is Orthodontists pay in Cleveland, OH after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Cleveland, OH is 93.923, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $318,070 is $338,650. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.