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Surgeons, All Other pay in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI and Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Surgeons, All Other is $762,360 per year in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI. It is $346,340 per year in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is 120.1% above Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 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 140 wage and salary jobs in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI and 60 in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. 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.