Salary guide
Use this hub to understand how current anesthesia compensation looks across the market, then drill into role-specific salary pages, state guides, and the broader rankings hub for more actionable context.
Open the salary rankings hub to compare the highest-paying published CRNA, anesthesiologist, and CAA markets, then drill into state guides or live jobs from there.
Open the broader compensation guide when you want one public entry point that connects role salary benchmarks, state rankings, W-2 vs 1099 framing, and real offer comparison.
Annual compensation midpoint distribution
Annual compensation midpoint distribution
Annual compensation midpoint distribution
Once you know where the market sits, the next useful move is usually deciding what kind of anesthesia path, search workflow, or live opportunity deserves deeper attention.
Open the broad salary rankings hub when you want a faster way to compare published CRNA, anesthesiologist, and CAA state leaders side by side.
Use the comparison hub when you want more context than pay alone — role fit, contract structure, or locum-versus-permanent tradeoffs.
Open the alternatives hub if you are deciding where to search next across Anesthesio, GasWork, LinkedIn, Doximity, and other common starting points.
Move from market benchmarks into live openings once you know which role, state, or compensation band deserves a closer look.
Practical market context, not a synthetic salary survey.
These salary pages are built from active anesthesia 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.
These pages are built from active anesthesia job postings with structured compensation ranges, so they reflect live market signals instead of a one-time editorial estimate. The goal is directional market context: where pay bands sit today, how wide the market spread looks, and which states appear strongest right now.
No. The salary hub is segmented by role so CRNAs, anesthesiologists, and CAAs each get their own market view. That role-by-role separation matters because the compensation patterns, hiring footprints, and state availability are materially different across anesthesia roles.
Use them for market orientation first, then pair that context with Anesthesio’s Offer Comparison tool when you need to model W-2 vs 1099 tradeoffs, bonuses, taxes, and package details on a real offer.
States with the strongest current salary coverage
States with the strongest current salary coverage
Run side-by-side compensation scenarios with tax modeling for W-2, 1099, and S-Corp structures.
| IA |
| $600,000 |
| Limited sample |
| ME | $600,000 | Limited sample |
| IL | $575,000 | Reliable sample |
| WA | $575,000 | Reliable sample |
| OR | $575,000 | Limited sample |
| NY | $565,000 | Reliable sample |