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Surgeons, All Other pay in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX and Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Surgeons, All Other is $494,800 per year in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX. It is $762,360 per year in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 35.1% below Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1249 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 470 wage and salary jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX and 140 in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.