SOC 29-1243 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Pediatric Surgeons make in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Pediatric Surgeons in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $293,440. The 10th percentile is $145,760 and the 90th percentile is $588,210. Employment is 110.

Median annual wage

$293,440

10th percentile
$145,760
25th percentile
$288,880
Median
$293,440
75th percentile
$581,420
90th percentile
$588,210
Mean
$388,320

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Pediatric Surgeons, the published 10th percentile is $145,760 and the 90th percentile is $588,210. The difference is $442,450, which is 150.8% 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 $288,880 to the 75th at $581,420, covers $292,540.

The mean annual wage is $388,320, which sits above the median of $293,440. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ median is 47.5% lower than the national median of $559,030 for Pediatric Surgeons. In 2024 national prices the local median is $260,690, which is 53.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 22.4% lower than the New York median of $378,110.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ covers more than one state. The state comparison uses New York, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 112.563, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $293,440 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Pediatric Surgeons at $260,690 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 Pediatric Surgeons in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Pediatric Surgeons accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (110 of 9,492,000). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (1,190 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.51 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 Pediatric Surgeons make in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Pediatric Surgeons in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $293,440. The 10th percentile is $145,760 and the 90th percentile is $588,210. Employment is 110.

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

The local median is 47.5% lower than the national median of $559,030.

What is Pediatric Surgeons pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 112.563, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $293,440 is $260,690. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.