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Neurological Surgery Residency Programs — The Residency Consult

§ Specialty

Neurological Surgery

122programs

Compare 122 Neurological Surgery residency programs by salary, cost of living, and program size.

§ NRMP Match

National Match results

Neurological Surgery · 2026 NRMP Main Match · all U.S. programs

Positions offered

280

+12vs 2025

Fill rate

100.0%

+1.1 ptsvs 2025

Applicants per position

1.8

Total applicants ÷ positions

−0.0

vs 2025

Matched applicant mix

U.S. MD seniors24387%
U.S. DO seniors93%
U.S. IMG21%
Non-U.S. IMG155%
Other114%

Source: NRMP Main Match, 2026. National figures across all programs in this specialty — not specific to any one program. Categories follow NRMP reporting: “U.S. MD” and “U.S. DO” are current-year seniors; “Other” is chiefly prior-year graduates and applicants outside the listed categories. The bar accounts for all filled positions.

Metric

Map · Colored by Salary

$55,364$96,948

Top 25 by Salary

01
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program
Stanford Health Care · Palo Alto, CA
$96,948ʼ26
02
University of California (San Francisco) Program
UCSF Med Ctr · San Francisco, CA
$92,284
03
University of California (San Diego) Medical Center Program
UC San Diego Health · La Jolla, CA
$91,211ʼ25
04
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Program
Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr · Los Angeles, CA
$90,062
05
National Capital Consortium Program
Walter Reed National Military Med Ctr · Bethesda, MD
$90,000
06
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center Program
David Geffen Sch of Med at UCLA · Los Angeles, CA
$89,261ʼ24
07
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program
Icahn Sch of Med at Mount Sinai · New York, NY
$88,703
08
University of Washington Program
Harborview Med Ctr · Seattle, WA
$87,708ʼ26
09
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program
Montefiore Med Ctr · Bronx, NY
$87,586ʼ26
10
Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program
Yale Univ Sch of Med · New Haven, CT
$86,080
11
University of California (Irvine) Program
UC Irvine Med Ctr · Orange, CA
$85,734
12
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Children's Hospital Program
Brigham and Women's Hosp · Boston, MA
$84,579ʼ26
13
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital Program
Massachusetts General Hosp · Boston, MA
$84,579ʼ26
14
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program
North Shore Univ Hosp · Manhasset, NY
$84,488
15
NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program
NYU Grossman School of Medicine · New York, NY
$84,300
16
University of California Davis Health Program
University of California Davis · Sacramento, CA
$82,826
17
Tufts Medical Center Program
Tufts Med Ctr · Boston, MA
$81,577
18
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) Program
Columbia Univ Med Ctr · New York, NY
$81,000
19
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Program
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Med Ctr · New York, NY
$81,000
20
University of Colorado Program
Univ of Colorado Denver Sch of Med · Aurora, CO
$80,024ʼ26
21
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Program
McGaw Med Ctr Northwestern Univ · Chicago, IL
$78,488ʼ26
22
University of Michigan Program
Michigan Med Univ of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI
$77,049ʼ26
23
Stony Brook Medicine Program
Stony Brook Med Ctr · Stony Brook, NY
$77,008
24
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Program
Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr · Boston, MA
$76,680
25
MedStar Health Georgetown University Program
MedStar Georgetown Univ Hosp · Washington, DC
$75,500ʼ26

Year marks (e.g. ʼ25 = AY 2025–26) show the academic year a salary was published for. Unmarked salaries are program-reported figures without a verified year.

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