Anesthesiologist salary guide
Use this page as the broad Anesthesiologist compensation starting point. It benchmarks how Anesthesiologist pay is showing up across current Anesthesio job postings, then routes you into state salary pages, rankings, comparison guides, and offer evaluation once the question gets more specific.
As of September 2026, Anesthesiologists in the United States earn a median of $550,000 per year on Anesthesio, with the middle half of salary-bearing postings between $475,000 and $605,000. The figures come from 2,064 active openings that publish pay, not from survey estimates, and refresh as postings change.
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Market signal from live postings
About 5,550 Anesthesiologist postings are active nationwide on Anesthesio. The tables below split posted pay by employment type and by practice setting, using every active posting that publishes compensation; a row appears only when at least ten postings support it. 29% of permanent postings advertise a sign-on bonus. Computed September 26, 2026.
| Employment type | Median | Middle range | Active postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent (employed / W-2) | $550,000 | $470,000 – $600,000 | about 2,850 |
| LocumsHourly rates annualized at 2,080 hours | $728,000 | $624,000 – $832,000 | about 1,800 |
| Per diemDaily rates annualized at 220 shifts | $660,000 | $572,000 – $728,000 | about 250 |
| Setting | Median | Middle range | Active postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital | $562,500 | $500,000 – $635,000 | about 1,950 |
| Ambulatory surgery center |
Locums and per diem figures convert posted hourly or daily rates to an annual equivalent so the rows compare on one scale; they are gross contract rates, not W-2 salaries with benefits. Postings without a published rate are excluded. Educational context only, not tax or legal advice.
Once the pay picture is clear enough, the next useful move is usually opening matching live jobs or pressure-testing a real package. Start broad with the live Anesthesiologist feed, then jump into the salary states that also have active market pages.
Median $600,000 on the linked salary page
Move from the Anesthesiologist salary guide into the matching live jobs page for California, then circle back to the salary page if you need more compensation context.
Open the highest-paying states view to rank published Anesthesiologists salary markets by current median compensation, then drill into any state for local detail.
Start with the strongest state-level salary markets where Anesthesio has enough active compensation data to publish a useful snapshot.
Use the salary guide as the pay baseline, then move into broader compensation framing, role tradeoffs, live openings, or real offer modeling once the question gets more specific.
Use the broader compensation hub when physician-anesthesia pay needs to be read alongside taxes, benefits, and package structure.
Use the physician guide when salary research needs practice-model, locums, interview, and offer-decision context.
Step into the broad role guide when the real question is not just pay, but training runway, authority, or career shape.
Practical market context, not a synthetic salary survey.
These salary pages are built from active Anesthesiologist job postings on Anesthesio that include structured compensation data. We use salary ranges from current listings, compute midpoints for directional market comparisons, and surface percentile bands to show spread rather than pretending the market has one exact number.
That means this page is best used for market orientation: understanding where current openings cluster, how wide compensation ranges look, and which states or metros are paying above or below the middle of the market right now.
Anesthesiologists on Anesthesio’s live listings earn a median of $550,000 per year, with the middle half of salary-bearing postings between $475,000 and $605,000. The figure comes from 2,064 active openings that publish pay and updates as postings change.
State, practice model (private group, hospital-employed, academic, locums), call and weekend coverage, subspecialty, and sign-on or productivity bonuses move a package well away from the $550,000 midpoint. Use the state salary pages and the offer comparison tool to read a specific package against its own market.
Anesthesio’s current Anesthesiologist salary data centers around a median of $550,000, with most active salary-bearing listings clustering between $475,000 and $605,000 compensation levels.
Use the highest-paying states page when you want the fastest shortlist of where published Anesthesiologist pay looks strongest right now. Use an individual state salary page once one market is interesting enough that you want a more local compensation read instead of a leaderboard.
Leave the role guide for the compensation hub when salary is only one part of the decision and you need broader help with bonuses, taxes, structure, or total package tradeoffs. Leave for the rankings hub when the next question is which anesthesia markets are paying strongest across roles, not just within Anesthesiologist compensation.
| $500,000 |
| $437,500 – $575,000 |
| about 440 |
| Office-based | $592,500 | $462,500 – $632,500 | about 60 |
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| Academic / teaching | $500,000 | $450,000 – $515,000 | about 10 (limited sample) |
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| VA / federal | $396,250 | $349,375 – $450,000 | about 17 |
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Physician anesthesia salary hub
This guide is meant for the common physician-anesthesia salary questions that happen before a contract review: where the current pay midpoint sits, which states are worth deeper review, how physician compensation compares with adjacent anesthesia roles, and when to switch from salary research into package analysis.
Start here when you want a current anesthesiologist pay baseline from active listings before drilling into a specific state or package.
Use the role guide and rankings paths to decide which physician markets deserve more detailed salary and job review next.
Move deeper once compensation needs to be read alongside call burden, leadership expectations, or contract structure.
Broad role-intent salary research first, then cleaner handoffs into state pages, rankings, compare guides, and tools.
The useful next click changes depending on whether you are comparing markets, sorting through role tradeoffs, or evaluating a real package. These are the cleanest handoffs from the broad Anesthesiologist salary guide.
Use the compensation guide when taxes, bonuses, benefits, contract structure, or broader anesthesia pay context matter more than one role-specific number.
Move from Anesthesiologist salary research into current openings once you know which market or compensation band deserves a closer look.
Open the rankings hub when you want the fastest cross-role view of where published anesthesia pay is strongest right now.
Use the Anesthesiologist rankings view to shortlist which state salary pages deserve the next click.
Useful when physician-compensation research turns into a broader role, authority, or training tradeoff question.
Model salary, bonus, benefits, and package shape once the question stops being theoretical and starts involving real offers.
These state salary pages currently have enough Anesthesiologist compensation signal to be useful directional reads. Start here if your search is already state-shaped.
Median $575,000
Open the Anesthesiologist salary page for Texas to inspect the market more locally.
Median $550,000
Open the Anesthesiologist salary page for New York to inspect the market more locally.
Median $600,000
Open the Anesthesiologist salary page for California to inspect the market more locally.
Median $575,000 on the linked salary page
Move from the Anesthesiologist salary guide into the matching live jobs page for Texas, then circle back to the salary page if you need more compensation context.
Median $550,000 on the linked salary page
Move from the Anesthesiologist salary guide into the matching live jobs page for New York, then circle back to the salary page if you need more compensation context.
Pressure-test base pay, call-heavy bonuses, benefits, and contract structure on real physician packages.
Use compare pages when you are still sorting through role-level tradeoffs like training, scope, geography, or long-run fit. Use the offer comparison tool once you have actual packages to evaluate and want a cleaner side-by-side view of salary, bonus, benefits, and structure.