Oral Surgeon Salary in 2026: What Oral Surgeons Earn
25th percentile
$204,610
Median (50th)
$352,220
75th percentile
$428,710
90th percentile
$622,640
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (SOC 29-1022, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons), May 2025 (via O*NET/BLS) — the most recent national release.
Oral Surgeon Compensation Structure
Compensation for oral surgeons varies significantly by employment type.
Here's how the most common structures break down:
National median
About $169 an hour (BLS OEWS, SOC 29-1022, May 2025).
$352,220 / yr
Typical range (10th–90th pct)
OMS wages span an exceptionally wide band (BLS).
$86,250–$622,640
Owner vs. associate
Most OMS own or partner in practices; earnings blend clinical pay and practice profit (directional).
Owners typically higher
Oral Surgeon Pay by State
Every state estimate BLS publishes for oral surgeons rests on a small or imprecise sample (an unpublished employment count, a BLS wage error margin of 10% or more, or an implausible percentile spread), so this page does not rank states.
The table below lists each published figure.
What Affects Oral Surgeon Salary?
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons are typically the highest-paid professionals in dentistry.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median at about $352,220 per year — roughly $169 an hour — with an exceptionally wide range, from around $86,000 at the 10th percentile to more than $622,000 at the 90th (BLS OEWS, SOC 29-1022, May 2025).
As with the other high-earning specialties, estimates vary by source and release, so read the median as a strong central estimate rather than a precise line.
The spread reflects how varied OMS careers are.
Most surgeons own or partner in practices, so their real earnings blend clinical pay with practice profit, which a wage figure only partly captures.
Case mix matters enormously — a practice weighted toward implants, jaw surgery, and hospital cases pays differently from one focused on routine extractions — as do hospital privileges and whether the surgeon is early-career or established.
Geography and supply move it too.
OMS is a small occupation — only a few thousand nationally — so local demand and the number of surgeons in a market can swing pay more than in larger fields.
High-demand, higher-cost regions generally pay the most.
Figures are national averages from the latest BLS release and are for general information only; actual pay varies by ownership, case mix, region, and experience.
Oral Surgeon Salary by State
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons are a very small occupation, so BLS publishes a state wage estimate for only 12 states — including no figure for California or Texas.
Absence here means BLS did not publish an estimate, NOT that oral surgeons are unlicensed, absent or poorly paid in that state.
For a fuller national picture see the percentiles above.
What Oral Surgeon Job Listings Show Right Now
From the 60 active oral surgeon listings on DentistryHires as of November 14, 2026.
Employers with the most openings
Where the openings are
Pay employers post
- 20% of oral surgeon listings state any pay at all.
Benefits listings name
- Health insurancenamed in 38%
- Paid or provided CEnamed in 37%
- Dental or vision coveragenamed in 37%
- 401(k) plannamed in 32%
- Paid time offnamed in 22%
- Flexible schedulingnamed in 12%
- Employee discounts or free dental carenamed in 12%
- Advancement opportunitiesnamed in 10%
Source: active oral surgeon listings on DentistryHires, updated daily. Pay figures use only listings that state pay (midpoint of each posted range) and are hidden when one employer posted most of them. Benefits count listings that name the benefit; a listing that doesn’t mention one may still offer it.
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