It would also make a difference in salary if an orthodontist was employed by another or was self-employed. The median salary for an Orthodontist in the United States is currently $140,850 annually. The middle 50 percent of American orthodontists made between $104,124 and $177,575 in the same year.
In the mid-1980s, Transamerica refocused its core business on its founding mission of making insurance and financial tools available to more people. And in July 1999, Transamerica began a new chapter in its history when it became part of one of the world's leading international financial organizations: Aegon N.V.
In October 2005, after Ameriprise Financial's spin-off from American Express, Securities America became a wholly owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, but continued to operate independently as a Nebraska-based broker/dealer and serving independent financial advisers across the country.