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Surgeons, All Other pay in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT and Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Surgeons, All Other is $151,560 per year in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. It is $762,360 per year in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 80.1% 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 230 wage and salary jobs in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 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.