Salary information is one of the most searched fellowship facts and one of the easiest to overstate. OrthoFellow records salary, PGY-level compensation, stipend, benefits, grant and self-funded wording only when a source publishes it.
Treat PGY-level salary, stipend and benefits as programme-specific facts.
Check whether the figure includes benefits, housing, call pay, malpractice or travel support.
Separate paid clinical posts from travel grants, observerships and self-funded visiting roles.
Confirm the current year with the host before budgeting.
Index signals
This page is built around source-linked programme facts: subspecialty, city, application route, salary/funding wording, deadline evidence, organization relationship and source-review status.
Unknown salary, visa, registration or deadline fields stay visible as unknown rather than filled from another host.
Top subspecialties
Trauma, Pelvis & Acetabulum53
hand surgery34
Paediatric Orthopaedics34
shoulder and elbow31
foot and ankle26
sports medicine19
Research18
spine surgery17
Hip & Knee10
General Orthopaedics4
Top cities
New York22
Philadelphia9
Boston8
Los Angeles8
Rochester8
Baltimore7
Seattle7
Durham6
Top states
California26
New York16
Pennsylvania15
North Carolina12
Minnesota10
Florida9
Ohio9
Georgia8
Application status
Active application155
Current availability unconfirmed54
Upcoming cycle31
Rolling application8
Intermittently offered1
Salary interpretation for US orthopaedic fellowships
US clinical fellowship pay is often described as PGY-6 salary, institutional house-staff compensation, stipend plus benefits, or a programme-specific dollar amount. Research posts may publish a lower stipend, and observerships or travelling fellowships may be unpaid or grant-supported. OrthoFellow does not convert one institution's GME salary into another programme's salary.
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