SOC 29-1249 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Surgeons, All Other make in Boulder, CO?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Surgeons, All Other in Boulder, CO is $465,940. The 10th percentile is $215,640 and the 90th percentile is $517,850. Employment is 50.

Median annual wage

$465,940

10th percentile
$215,640
25th percentile
$271,450
Median
$465,940
75th percentile
$481,010
90th percentile
$517,850
Mean
$396,510

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Surgeons, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $215,640 and the 90th percentile is $517,850. The difference is $302,210, which is 64.9% 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 $271,450 to the 75th at $481,010, covers $209,560.

The mean annual wage is $396,510, which sits below the median of $465,940. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Boulder, CO median is 12.5% higher than the national median of $414,010 for Surgeons, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $442,900, which is 7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

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 $465,940 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Surgeons, All Other at $442,900 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 Surgeons, All Other in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Surgeons, All Other accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Boulder, CO (50 of 192,390). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (25,140 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.61 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 · Surgeons, All Other 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 Surgeons, All Other make in Boulder, CO?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Surgeons, All Other in Boulder, CO is $465,940. The 10th percentile is $215,640 and the 90th percentile is $517,850. Employment is 50.

How does that compare with the national median for Surgeons, All Other?

The local median is 12.5% higher than the national median of $414,010.

What is Surgeons, All Other 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 $465,940 is $442,900. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.