Anesthesiologists Career, Salary and Skills
Anesthesiologists have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $391,490 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 38,760. Wage data is published for 62 locations.
Occupation description
Administer anesthetics and analgesics for pain management prior to, during, or after surgery.
O*NET code
29-1211.00
Job zone
5
Typical education
Post-Doctoral Training
Experience
Over 10 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$391,490
Hourly median
$188.22
Employment
38,760
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
$101,460
10th
$207,000
25th
$391,490
Median
$490,530
75th
$557,130
90th
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Critical Thinking | 4.62 | 4.38 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 4.25 | 4.38 |
| Monitoring | 4.12 | 4.25 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.12 | 5.00 |
| Science | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Writing | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Speaking | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Active Listening | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 4.00 | 4.12 |
Typical tasks
- Administer anesthetic or sedation during medical procedures, using local, intravenous, spinal, or caudal methods.
- Record type and amount of anesthesia and patient condition throughout procedure.
- Monitor patient before, during, and after anesthesia and counteract adverse reactions or complications.
- Decide when patients have recovered or stabilized enough to be sent to another room or ward or to be sent home following outpatient surgery.
- Coordinate administration of anesthetics with surgeons during operation.
- Position patient on operating table to maximize patient comfort and surgical accessibility.
- Coordinate and direct work of nurses, medical technicians, and other health care providers.
- Examine patient, obtain medical history, and use diagnostic tests to determine risk during surgical, obstetrical, and other medical procedures.
Technology
- AetherPalm InfusiCalc
- Anesthesia machine software
- AtStaff Physician Scheduler
- Drug database software
- EDImis Anesthesia Manager
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Epic Systems
- Healthpac Medical Billing
- Medical calculator software
- MEDITECH software
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Anesthesiologists salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Anesthesiologists Salary in NYMedian $445,660 · Employment 7,230
- Anesthesiologists Salary in New York, NYMedian $460,800 · Employment 7,080
- Anesthesiologists Salary in TXMedian $215,230 · Employment 2,800
- Anesthesiologists Salary in FLMedian $465,370 · Employment 2,530
- Anesthesiologists Salary in Chicago, ILMedian $77,770 · Employment 1,700
- Anesthesiologists Salary in WAMedian $499,990 · Employment 1,540
- Anesthesiologists Salary in INMedian $394,060 · Employment 1,460
- Anesthesiologists Salary in Houston, TXMedian $210,230 · Employment 1,160
- Anesthesiologists Salary in KYMedian $347,960 · Employment 1,090
- Anesthesiologists Salary in GAMedian $230,000 · Employment 1,040
- Anesthesiologists Salary in Seattle, WAMedian $646,930 · Employment 990
- Anesthesiologists Salary in Dallas, TXMedian $218,060 · Employment 950
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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.