Factors. About 5,300 orthodontists worked in their own offices or the offices of other dentists to average $187,010 per year. Their highest pay was in the offices of physicians at a mean $200,010. However, this employer only offered 60 jobs.he profession ranked as sixth highest-paid in the country, making more than general dentists, who averaged $163,240. Orthodontists also averaged more than all dentists, at $166,910, and all physicians and surgeons, at $190,060.