Nurse Anesthetists — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$236,590
United States, 2025
Employment
51,840
United States, 2025
Typical education
Doctoral Degree
Job Zone 5
Skills identified
35
10 related careers
Career overview
Administer anesthesia, monitor patient's vital signs, and oversee patient recovery from anesthesia. May assist anesthesiologists, surgeons, other physicians, or dentists. Must be registered nurses who have specialized graduate education.
- O*NET code
- 29-1151.00
- Job zone
- 5
- Experience required
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Typical tasks
- Manage patients' airway or pulmonary status, using techniques such as endotracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, pharmacological support, respiratory therapy, and extubation.
- Respond to emergency situations by providing airway management, administering emergency fluids or drugs, or using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques.
- Monitor patients' responses, including skin color, pupil dilation, pulse, heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, ventilation, or urine output, using invasive and noninvasive techniques.
- Select, order, or administer anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, fluids or blood products as necessary.
- Select, prepare, or use equipment, monitors, supplies, or drugs for the administration of anesthetics.
- Assess patients' medical histories to predict anesthesia response.
- Perform or manage regional anesthetic techniques, such as local, spinal, epidural, caudal, nerve blocks and intravenous blocks.
- Develop anesthesia care plans.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$155,250
25th percentile
$206,730
75th percentile
$294,350
90th percentile
$339,500
Most important skills
- Critical Thinking4.1
- Reading Comprehension4.1
- Active Listening4.0
- Speaking4.0
- Complex Problem Solving4.0
- Judgment and Decision Making4.0
- Active Learning4.0
- Monitoring4.0
- Social Perceptiveness3.9
- Service Orientation3.9
- Science3.9
- Coordination3.4
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 23 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
23
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Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 4.1 | 4.3 | Not selected | 4.3 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 4.0 | 4.3 | Not selected | 4.3 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.1 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 4.0 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Active Listening | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Speaking | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Active Learning | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Monitoring | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Service Orientation | 3.9 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.9 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Science | 3.9 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Coordination | 3.4 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Instructing | 3.3 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Writing | 3.4 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Learning Strategies | 3.4 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Time Management | 3.4 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.3 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Mathematics | 3.3 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Systems Evaluation | 3.1 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Persuasion | 3.1 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.1 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Quality Control Analysis | 3.0 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Negotiation | 3.0 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Nurse AnesthetistsHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville, FL | $416,000 | 340 | 2025 |
| Springfield, MA | $357,740 | — | 2025 |
| AK | $341,210 | 90 | 2025 |
| Fayetteville, NC | $331,760 | 90 | 2025 |
| NY | $321,030 | 2,450 | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $321,030 | 2,310 | 2025 |
| Peoria, IL | $310,930 | 100 | 2025 |
| Columbia, MO | $310,170 | 90 | 2025 |
| Hammond, LA | $304,640 | 40 | 2025 |
| Riverside, CA | $298,910 | 140 | 2025 |
| Idaho Falls, ID | $298,560 | — | 2025 |
| Greensboro, NC | $297,560 | 100 | 2025 |
| MA | $295,550 | 500 | 2025 |
| Atlantic City, NJ | $294,910 | 140 | 2025 |
| CA | $292,410 | 2,230 | 2025 |
| NJ | $291,350 | — | 2025 |
| IL | $286,830 | 1,140 | 2025 |
| Rochester, NY | $286,230 | 140 | 2025 |
| Madison, WI | $283,980 | 150 | 2025 |
| VT | $283,060 | 40 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Build a transition comparisonCareer and skills data: O*NET 31.0.
Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.