Here are the top four highest-paying dental jobs compared to the top four highest-paying physician specialities and their salaries:
Dental
1. Oral and maxillofacial surgeon: $208,000
2. Orthodontist: $208,000
3. Dentist: $160,370
4. Prosthodontist: $100,950
Physician specialties
1. Neurosurgeons: $788,313
2. Thoracic surgeons: $706,775
3. Orthopedic surgeons: $624,043
4. Plastic surgeons: $571,373
Dental profession salaries were included in U.S. News and World Report's 2023 best-paying jobs list.
Salaries for physician specialties were collected as part of Doximity's "2023 Physician Compensation Report."