Anesthesiologist Assistants Career, Salary and Skills
Anesthesiologist Assistants have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $135,880 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 162,150. Wage data is published for 399 locations.
Occupation description
Assist anesthesiologists in the administration of anesthesia for surgical and non-surgical procedures. Monitor patient status and provide patient care during surgical treatment.
O*NET code
29-1071.01
Job zone
5
Typical education
Not recorded
Experience
None
National salary and employment
Median annual
$135,880
Hourly median
$65.33
Employment
162,150
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
$99,380
10th
$120,670
25th
$135,880
Median
$163,980
75th
$190,280
90th
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring | 4.12 | 4.00 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.00 | 4.38 |
| Active Listening | 4.00 | 4.12 |
| Speaking | 3.75 | 3.88 |
| Active Learning | 3.75 | 3.75 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.62 | 3.88 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.62 | 3.62 |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.50 | 3.38 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.38 | 3.25 |
| Writing | 3.25 | 3.62 |
Typical tasks
- Provide airway management interventions including tracheal intubation, fiber optics, or ventilary support.
- Assist anesthesiologists in monitoring of patients, including electrocardiogram (EKG), direct arterial pressure, central venous pressure, arterial blood gas, hematocrit, or routine measurement of temperature, respiration, blood pressure or heart rate.
- Control anesthesia levels during procedures.
- Administer anesthetic, adjuvant, or accessory drugs under the direction of an anesthesiologist.
- Pretest and calibrate anesthesia delivery systems and monitors.
- Respond to emergency situations by providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), or pediatric advanced life support (PALS).
- Collect and document patients' pre-anesthetic health histories.
- Administer blood, blood products, or supportive fluids.
Technology
- Allscripts PM
- athenahealth athenaCollector
- Automatic Data Processing AdvancedMD EHR
- Benchmark Systems Benchmark Clinical EHR
- Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR
- CareCloud Central
- Cerner PowerWorks Practice Management
- eClinicalWorks EHR software
- Email software
- Epic Practice Management
- GalacTek ECLIPSE
- GE Healthcare Centricity Practice Solution
- Greenway Medical Technologies PrimeSUITE
- HealthFusion MediTouch
Anesthesiologist Assistants salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Anesthesiologist Assistants Salary in NYMedian $160,880 · Employment 19,140
- Anesthesiologist Assistants Salary in New York, NYMedian $167,650 · Employment 16,800
- Anesthesiologist Assistants Salary in CAMedian $165,650 · Employment 13,600
- Anesthesiologist Assistants Salary in TXMedian $134,550 · Employment 10,110
- Anesthesiologist Assistants Salary in FLMedian $129,620 · Employment 9,310
- Anesthesiologist Assistants Salary in PAMedian $127,070 · Employment 9,020
- Anesthesiologist Assistants Salary in NCMedian $129,360 · Employment 7,490
- Anesthesiologist Assistants Salary in MIMedian $131,510 · Employment 6,310
- Anesthesiologist Assistants Salary in GAMedian $115,390 · Employment 5,610
- Anesthesiologist Assistants Salary in OHMedian $132,090 · Employment 4,900
- Anesthesiologist Assistants Salary in NJMedian $165,690 · Employment 4,790
- Anesthesiologist Assistants Salary in MAMedian $142,410 · Employment 4,470
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.