What is the salary for an anesthesiologist?
LocumTenens.com conducted its Annual Compensation and Employment Survey in September of 2020. Survey respondents represent anesthesiologists who practice on a locum tenens basis as well as those with permanent salaries. Compensation results consist of only full-time, permanent employees and consider only annual salary and bonuses.
Average anesthesiologist salary in 2019
$412,193
Historical salary data
How does this year's salary for anesthesiologists compare to other years?
The average anesthesiologist salary has steadily been increasing over the years, but remained pretty steady between 2018 and 2019.
Survey Results
Demographic insights by gender
There are more male anesthesiologists, though there was an 8% increase in females in the field this year over last year.
Male
71%8% decrease
Female
29%8% increase
Where do anesthesiologists work?
These are three of the top work settings for anesthesiologists.
Hospital employed
52%5% decrease
Academic
11%2% increase
Group practice
13%6% decrease
How old are anesthesiologists?
Generation X (anesthesiologists born between 1965 and 1980) make up almost half of all respondents. Last year most respondents were of the Baby Boomer generation (born between 1946 and 1964).
Respondent demographics
Anesthesiologists who took this survey
By region
Years in practice
Employment status
Methodology
Invitations for the survey were emailed to a database of more than 220,000 healthcare professionals in September 2020. Some recipients had been placed by LocumTenens.com, and some had not. There was a total of 2,080 respondents, both physicians and advanced practitioners, who were self-selected and spanned all 50 states.
