Healthcare Practitioners

Anesthesiologists

SOC 29-1211

Administer anesthesia and monitor patients through surgery.

Median pay

$391k

$207k to $491k typical range

Outlook

Growing

1k openings / yr

Education

Doctoral (MD) plus residency

AI exposure

48%

modeled estimate · 7th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

85/100

Key skills

Critical Thinking
Active Listening
Monitoring
Reading Comprehension
Writing
Science

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How we model AI exposure.