2007 Anesthesiologist Salary and Employment Survey

The Survey

LocumTenens.com conducted its Annual Anesthesiologist Compensation and Employment Survey in the early summer of 2007. Survey respondents represent physicians who practice on a locum tenens basis as well as those with permanent salaries. This report includes compensation and employment statistics for the field of anesthesiology including:

• Annual compensation ranges
• Rural vs. Metro
• Years in Practice
• Gender
• Sources for finding anesthesiology jobs
• Time frame for making next job change
• Influencing factors for seeking a anesthesiology job change
• Discussion topics for interviews
• Insights and remarks about the practice of anesthesiology today
• Demographics of survey respondents

Survey respondents were:

• 78% Board Certified, 16% Board Eligible
• 78% Male, 22% female
• Avg. number of years practicing: 16.3
• 86% work in a major metropolitan city or suburban area
• Permanent and Locum Tenens

Anesthesiologist Board Status Rural Vs. Metro Anesthesiologists Anesthesiologist Gender

Average Annual Compensation
2007 Average Annual Anesthesiologist Salary: $340,444

Metro vs. Rural Compensation and Experience Level Compensation by Salary and Gender

If you could change one thing about medicine, what would it be?

"The way business administrators and insurance carriers dictate how I practice medicine."

"The economic situation. The entire insurance/medicaid/medicare/no-pay reimbursement issue coupled with the overriding fear of litigation is acatastrophe."

"I would return the patient-doctor relationship to one of greater trust and cut out the intervention of the "suits" who deem what is and is not necessary in a patient's care."

"The perception that physicians must work long hours. Compensation will go down, but that is worth quality of life."

"Teach the residents in anesthesia about business part of the medical career, include this in the curriculum."

"The time it takes away from family."

"I would decrease the amount of time spent doing paperwork. Also would change the way that insurance companies and lawyers dictate much of my care for patients."

Source for finding current job

Time frame for making next job change

Top reason for making a job change

Worked as a locum tenens provider?

What do you like most about practicing medicine?

"The challenge of anticipating and/or diagnosing a problem and solving it. The contact with patients and family, easing their distress about upcoming surgery."

"Patient care; bringing patients through a frightening experience without any problems; changing their perceptions of my specialty of medicine favorably."

"There is no question that this is valuable work and I can feel a sense of integrity about what I do."

"Anesthesiology is very dynamic profession. Every patient and every anesthetic presents its own unique challenges."

"The chance to use my knowledge and interpersonal abilities for the benefit of patients…The common goal, teamwork, and commraderie of the operating room make work a pleasure."

What frustrates you most about the practice of medicine today?

Choose medicine again?

Compared to other specialties:

When asked if they would choose medicine again, here's how the other specialists' opinions compared:

About LocumTenens.com

Founded in 1995, LocumTenens.com is a full-service physician and CRNA recruiting firm specializing in supplemental placement of anesthesiologists, radiologists, psychiatrists, surgeons and CRNAs (certified registered nurse anesthetists) with U.S. hospitals, medical groups and community health centers. LocumTenens.com is part of the Jackson Healthcare family of companies.

In addition to full-service recruiting assistance, LocumTenens.com operates free job boards at www.LocumTenens.com and www.CRNAJobs.com which currently have more than 2,000 anesthesiology opportunities posted.