Rochester, N.Y., is the top-paying metropolitan area for orthodontists, with a mean annual wage of $229,560, according to compensation data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The cost of living for a single adult with no children in the area is $32,995, according to Cambridge-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology's living wage calculator.
Here is the cost of living for a single adult with no children in the top-paying metropolitan areas for orthodontists:
Rochester, N.Y.
Annual mean wage: $229,560
Cost of living: $32,995
New York-Newark-Jersey City, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa.
Annual mean wage: $221,650
Cost of living: $46,826
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, Calif.
Annual mean wage: $216,410
Cost of living: $44,783
Cleveland-Elyria, Ohio
Annual mean wage: $209,790
Cost of living: $31,879