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

How much do Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $666,930. The 10th percentile is $155,250 and the 90th percentile is $749,440. Employment is 100.

Median annual wage

$666,930

10th percentile
$155,250
25th percentile
$414,390
Median
$666,930
75th percentile
$709,660
90th percentile
$749,440
Mean
$546,600

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric, the published 10th percentile is $155,250 and the 90th percentile is $749,440. The difference is $594,190, which is 89.1% 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 $414,390 to the 75th at $709,660, covers $295,270.

The mean annual wage is $546,600, which sits below the median of $666,930. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX median is 86% higher than the national median of $358,550 for Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric. In 2024 national prices the local median is $646,940, which is 80.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 232.2% higher than the Texas median of $200,780.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 103.090, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $666,930 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric at $646,940 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 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (100 of 4,049,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (14,100 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.27 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $666,930. The 10th percentile is $155,250 and the 90th percentile is $749,440. Employment is 100.

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

The local median is 86% higher than the national median of $358,550.

What is Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric pay in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 103.090, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $666,930 is $646,940. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.