Here are five numbers showing the state of compensation for anesthesiologists, as reported by Becker's:
$472,000: The average salary for anesthesiologists in 2023.
5%: The increase in pay for anesthesiologists from 2023 to 2024.
66%: The percent of anesthesiologists who say that physicians as a whole are still underpaid, and 46% do not feel that they are paid fairly given their work demands.
$346,740: Average salary for anesthesiologists in Montana, the top-ranked state for physicians per WalletHub's March 18 rankings.
14%: The percentage of anesthesiologists who do medical moonlighting to boost their income. Another 14% earned more by adding hours to their current job, while 9% did other medical-related work, 7% did nonmedical-related work and 62% did not do any other work to boost their income.