Healthcare
Anesthesiologists
Administer anesthetics and analgesics for pain management prior to, during, or after surgery.
Median salary (BLS)
$391,490
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$101k – $557k
Job outlook
+3% (about average)
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $93,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Anesthesiologists
Education
Typical entry: Doctorate / professional (MD, JD, PhD)
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Anesthesiologists
Entry / Junior
$101,460
~2 yrs to advance
Anesthesiologists
Established
$391,490
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Anesthesiologists
Senior
$474,310
Key skills
A typical day
- •Monitor patient before, during, and after anesthesia and counteract adverse reactions or complications.
- •Record type and amount of anesthesia and patient condition throughout procedure.
- •Provide and maintain life support and airway management and help prepare patients for emergency surgery.
- •Administer anesthetic or sedation during medical procedures, using local, intravenous, spinal, or caudal methods.
- •Examine patient, obtain medical history, and use diagnostic tests to determine risk during surgical, obstetrical, and other medical procedures.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Healthcare
Explore all- Johns Hopkins University7% admit · $93,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- Duke University6% admit · $105,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.