physician · SOC 29-1243
Pediatric Surgeons
National median $559,030 / yr · 1,190 jobs nationally. Same job, very different outcomes by state — see the WageBench Score below.
National median
$559,030
BLS OEWS
Top state by Score
OH
Score 68 · Ohio
Top-paying metro
New York
$293,440 median
Top WageBench Score
68
Ohio
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 | Ohio | $488,160 | $473,515 | 3.0% | 93 | ✓ | 68 |
| #2 | New York | $378,110 | $354,667 | 6.2% | 108 | — | 54 |
| #3 | New Jersey | $288,930 | $273,039 | 5.5% | 109 | ✓ | 53 |
| #4 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $293,440 | $275,247 | 6.2% | — | — | 52 |
ⓘShowing the 4 areas where BLS publishes a wage for this occupation. BLS suppresses estimates where employment is too low to disclose — so specialized occupations appear in fewer places. Missing areas don't mean no jobs there, just no public wage to rank.
National wage distribution
How pay spreads across the workforce — from the 10th percentile (entry / low-COL settings) to the 90th (highest-paying environments).
P10
$215,410
P25
$336,380
MEDIAN
$559,030
P75
$583,200
P90
$726,660
Hourly mean
$241
Hourly median
$269
Annual mean
$502,050
Total US jobs
1,190
Every state & metro, ranked
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4 areas
| Area | State | Median | Take-Home | State Tax | COL Index | NLC | HPSA | WageBench Score ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | OH | $488,160 | $473,515 | 3.0% | 93 | ✓ | 23 | 68 |
| New York | NY | $378,110 | $354,667 | 6.2% | 108 | — | 22 | 54 |
| New Jersey | NJ | $288,930 | $273,039 | 5.5% | 109 | ✓ | 18 | 53 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | NY | $293,440 | $275,247 | 6.2% | — | — | 22 | 52 |
Not published by BLS (48) — 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, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, District of Columbia.
Employer benchmark
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National percentile wages, 51-state ranking by WageBench Score, top-25 metros, and methodology footer — formatted for HR / compensation review.
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