SOC 29-1242 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric make in Boulder, CO?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric in Boulder, CO is $211,600. The 10th percentile is $180,610 and the 90th percentile is $623,890. Employment is 130.

Median annual wage

$211,600

10th percentile
$180,610
25th percentile
$180,610
Median
$211,600
75th percentile
$417,160
90th percentile
$623,890
Mean
$317,330

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Paramedics seated in an ambulance
Paramedics in an ambulance. Photograph by Jim Legans, Jr.. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric, the published 10th percentile is $180,610 and the 90th percentile is $623,890. The difference is $443,280, which is 209.5% 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 $180,610 to the 75th at $417,160, covers $236,550.

The mean annual wage is $317,330, which sits above the median of $211,600. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Boulder, CO median is 41% lower than the national median of $358,550 for Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric. In 2024 national prices the local median is $201,137, which is 43.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 45.1% lower than the Colorado median of $385,410.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boulder, CO is 105.202, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $211,600 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric at $201,137 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 Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Boulder, CO (130 of 192,390). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (14,100 of 155,495,730). The local share is 7.45 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Boulder, CO · Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric 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 Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric make in Boulder, CO?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric in Boulder, CO is $211,600. The 10th percentile is $180,610 and the 90th percentile is $623,890. Employment is 130.

How does that compare with the national median for Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric?

The local median is 41% lower than the national median of $358,550.

What is Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric pay in Boulder, CO after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boulder, CO is 105.202, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $211,600 is $201,137. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.