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Anesthesiologists

SOC 29-1211

Administer anesthesia and monitor patients through surgery.

The job
Median pay
$391k
$207k to $491k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+3.6% projected
Openings a year
1.1k
BLS projection
Typical education
Doctoral (MD) plus residency
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
39/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
56th pct
More exposed than 56% of occupations · modeled estimate · 7th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
79/100

At a glance

The $391,490 median for Anesthesiologists runs $324,300 above the typical occupation we cover, and more than double the median across Healthcare Practitioners. On the modeled AI scale, this is 33 points higher than Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons. BLS projects employment to grow 3.6% from 2025 to 2035, within a point of the typical occupation we cover. Roughly 1,100 positions open up annually for Anesthesiologists, counting growth and replacement, a smaller pool than most occupations here. The usual way in is a medical degree plus residency. Works-with-AI scores 39/100 against low displacement risk, leaning toward augmentation, with modeled exposure at the 56th percentile.

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 50 states and DC. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
New York7,2300.73.0×$446k
California3,908 (estimated)0.2 (estimated)0.9× (estimated)$558k (estimated)
Texas2,8000.20.8×$215k
Florida2,5300.31.0×$465k
Illinois1,5700.31.0×$384k (estimated)
Washington1,5400.41.7×$500k
Indiana1,4600.51.8×$394k
Michigan1,2700.31.2×$378k (estimated)
New Jersey1,124 (estimated)0.3 (estimated)1.1× (estimated)$464k (estimated)
Massachusetts1,1000.31.2×$454k (estimated)
All 50 states and DC
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Kentucky1,0900.52.2×$348k
Georgia1,0400.20.8×$230k
North Carolina9800.20.8×$368k (estimated)
South Carolina9500.41.6×$239k
Virginia910 (estimated)0.2 (estimated)0.9× (estimated)$488k
Minnesota8700.31.2×$497k
Tennessee8400.31.0×$331k
Arizona830 (estimated)0.3 (estimated)1.0× (estimated)$419k (estimated)
Missouri821 (estimated)0.3 (estimated)1.1× (estimated)$359k (estimated)
Wisconsin7900.31.1×$444k
Ohio7800.10.6×$491k
Maryland680 (estimated)0.2 (estimated)1.0× (estimated)$418k
Colorado610 (estimated)0.2 (estimated)0.8× (estimated)$444k (estimated)
Kansas6000.41.7×$437k
Alabama573 (estimated)0.3 (estimated)1.1× (estimated)$392k
Connecticut468 (estimated)0.3 (estimated)1.1× (estimated)$482k
Iowa4500.31.2×$351k (estimated)
Oklahoma448 (estimated)0.3 (estimated)1.1× (estimated)$355k (estimated)
Pennsylvania4100.10.3×$461k
Oregon3900.20.8×$534k (estimated)
Arkansas364 (estimated)0.3 (estimated)1.1× (estimated)$340k (estimated)
Utah346 (estimated)0.2 (estimated)0.8× (estimated)$372k (estimated)
Mississippi340 (estimated)0.3 (estimated)1.2× (estimated)$301k (estimated)
New Hampshire3300.51.9×$482k
Nebraska2600.31.0×$334k
West Virginia254 (estimated)0.4 (estimated)1.4× (estimated)$346k (estimated)
South Dakota2100.51.8×$352k (estimated)
Idaho203 (estimated)0.2 (estimated)0.9× (estimated)$450k
Maine2000.31.3×$394k (estimated)
Louisiana1900.10.4×$411k
Delaware143 (estimated)0.3 (estimated)1.2× (estimated)$440k (estimated)
Hawaii141 (estimated)0.2 (estimated)0.9× (estimated)$480k (estimated)
Montana127 (estimated)0.2 (estimated)1.0× (estimated)$372k (estimated)
Alaska1200.41.5×$478k (estimated)
Washington DC1000.10.6×$203k
Vermont900.31.2×$435k
Rhode Island800.20.6×$438k (estimated)
North Dakota600.10.6×$362k (estimated)
Wyoming58 (estimated)0.2 (estimated)0.8× (estimated)$376k (estimated)
Nevada500.00.1×$433k (estimated)
New Mexico500.10.2×$394k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ7,080 jobs · $461k median
  2. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1,700 jobs · $78k median
  3. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX1,160 jobs · $210k median
  4. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA990 jobs · $647k median
  5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX950 jobs · $218k median
  6. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH860 jobs
  7. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA770 jobs · $227k median
  8. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL700 jobs

Where this ranks

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.