Best Cities for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeonss

Cities ranked by purchasing power — where oral and maxillofacial surgeonss get the most value from their salary after accounting for cost of living. A score above 1.00 means better than national average.

How we calculate this: City Score = (Local Salary ÷ National Median) ÷ (Local Cost ÷ National Avg Cost). A score of 1.20 means 20% better purchasing power than average.

#	Location	Score	Raw Salary	Adjusted Salary	Rent/Income
1	PennsylvaniaState	1.62	$553,740	$570,866	3%
2	MinnesotaState	1.38	$475,250	$484,949	3%
3	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXMetro	1.26	$431,910	$444,352	4%
4	Rhode IslandState	1.17	$414,060	$412,000	4%
5	VirginiaState	1.11	$403,430	$389,787	5%
6	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TXMetro	1.07	$347,810	$378,054	5%
7	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHMetro	0.99	$394,690	$347,744	8%
8	ColoradoState	0.97	$360,820	$342,334	6%
9	ArizonaState	0.91	$322,800	$319,921	6%
10	New YorkState	0.86	$342,710	$304,631	6%
11	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAMetro	0.76	$313,780	$269,339	9%
12	North CarolinaState	0.67	$224,040	$237,331	7%
13	FloridaState	0.65	$233,050	$229,606	9%
14	GeorgiaState	0.39	$129,010	$138,126	13%
15	MichiganState	0.30	$97,040	$105,135	14%
16	IllinoisState	0.20	$70,220	$72,094	22%

Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).