physician · SOC 29-1022
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
National median $352,220 / yr · 4,910 jobs nationally. Same job, very different outcomes by state — see the WageBench Score below.
National median
$352,220
BLS OEWS
Top state by Score
PA
Score 80 · Pennsylvania
Top-paying metro
Dallas
$431,910 median
Top WageBench Score
80
Pennsylvania
Top 10 destinations
Same job. Wildly different outcomes by metro. Click any column to re-sort.
| Rank | Area | Annual Median | Take-Home | State Tax | COL Index | NLC | WageBench Score ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | $553,740 | $536,740 | 3.1% | 98 | ✓ | 80 |
| #2 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $431,910 | $431,910 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 73 |
| #3 | Virginia | $403,430 | $382,452 | 5.2% | 101 | ✓ | 70 |
| #4 | Colorado | $360,820 | $344,944 | 4.4% | 103 | ✓ | 69 |
| #5 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $360,820 | $344,944 | 4.4% | — | ✓ | 69 |
| #6 | Rhode Island | $414,060 | $394,392 | 4.8% | 102 | ✓ | 68 |
| #7 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $347,810 | $347,810 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 68 |
| #8 | Minnesota | $475,250 | $442,933 | 6.8% | 99 | — | 67 |
| #9 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $377,990 | $360,035 | 4.8% | — | ✓ | 67 |
| #10 | Arizona | $322,800 | $314,730 | 2.5% | 101 | ✓ | 65 |
National wage distribution
How pay spreads across the workforce — from the 10th percentile (entry / low-COL settings) to the 90th (highest-paying environments).
P10
$86,250
P25
$204,610
MEDIAN
$352,220
P75
$428,710
P90
$622,640
Hourly mean
$167
Hourly median
$169
Annual mean
$346,490
Total US jobs
4,910
Every state & metro, ranked
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21 areas
| Area | State | Median | Take-Home | State Tax | COL Index | NLC | HPSA | WageBench Score ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | PA | $553,740 | $536,740 | 3.1% | 98 | ✓ | 21 | 80 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | TX | $431,910 | $431,910 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 23 | 73 |
| Virginia | VA | $403,430 | $382,452 | 5.2% | 101 | ✓ | 21 | 70 |
| Colorado | CO | $360,820 | $344,944 | 4.4% | 103 | ✓ | 22 | 69 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | CO | $360,820 | $344,944 | 4.4% | — | ✓ | 22 | 69 |
| Rhode Island | RI | $414,060 | $394,392 | 4.8% | 102 | ✓ | 17 | 68 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | TX | $347,810 | $347,810 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 23 | 68 |
| Minnesota | MN | $475,250 | $442,933 | 6.8% | 99 | — | 19 | 67 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | RI | $377,990 | $360,035 | 4.8% | — | ✓ | 17 | 67 |
| Arizona | AZ | $322,800 | $314,730 | 2.5% | 101 | ✓ | 21 | 65 |
| Tucson, AZ | AZ | $299,990 | $292,490 | 2.5% | — | ✓ | 21 | 64 |
| North Carolina | NC | $224,040 | $214,518 | 4.3% | 94 | ✓ | 24 | 63 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | MA | $394,690 | $374,956 | 5.0% | — | — | 21 | 63 |
| Florida | FL | $233,050 | $233,050 | 0.0% | 103 | ✓ | 24 | 61 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | NY | $342,730 | $321,481 | 6.2% | — | — | 22 | 60 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | CA | $313,780 | $294,953 | 6.0% | — | — | 24 | 59 |
| New York | NY | $342,710 | $321,462 | 6.2% | 108 | — | 22 | 59 |
| Georgia | GA | $129,010 | $122,043 | 5.4% | 96 | ✓ | 24 | 56 |
| Michigan | MI | $97,040 | $92,916 | 4.3% | 96 | — | 24 | 48 |
| Illinois | IL | $70,220 | $66,744 | 5.0% | 100 | — | 23 | 46 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | NC | $219,990 | $210,640 | 4.3% | — | ✓ | — | 40 |
Not published by BLS (39) — BLS suppresses wage estimates where employment is too low to disclose. These states likely still employ this occupation; there's just no public wage to rank: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, District of Columbia.
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