Anesthesiologist pay jumped 8.9 percent percent in the last year, according to Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare's 2022 "Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives."
The report is based on 2,695 physician and advanced practitioner search engagements conducted from April 1, 2021, to March 31.
Here is the average anesthesiologist pay in the last five years:
2021/2022: $400,000
2020/21: $367,000
2019/20: $399,000
2018/19: $404,000
2017/18: $371,000