Anesthesiologist Assistants
Assist anesthesiologists in the administration of anesthesia for surgical and non-surgical procedures. Monitor patient status and provide patient care during surgical treatment.
Also called: Anesthesia Assistant · Anesthesia Technician · Anesthesiologist Assistant · Anesthesiologists' Assistant · Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Technician · Certified Anesthesia Technician
Median pay (national)
$133,260
$95,240–$182,200 (10th–90th)
Employed (US)
155,540
BLS OEWS, May 2024
Outlook 2024–34
+20.4%
~12,000 openings/yr
Typical entry
Master's degree
What the numbers say
Refit analysis ·Pay for anesthesiologist assistants shows a broad range: the top 10% earn $182,200 versus $95,240 at the bottom 10% — 1.9x. The median of $133,260 leaves roughly 37% of headroom to the 90th percentile, which is where seniority, specialization, and the skills below tend to pay off.
Refit analysis ·Employment is projected to change +20.4% from 2024 to 2034 — much faster than the 3% average for all occupations. Even so, BLS projects about 12,000 openings a year, mostly to replace workers who retire or change careers.
Refit analysis ·Where you work moves the number a lot. Across the 51 states with released data, Hawaii pays the most for this role (median $163,020, +22% vs the national median), while Alabama sits lowest at $101,620 — a 60% spread for the same job title.
Refit analysis ·O*NET rates Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring as the highest-importance skills here — so a resume aimed at this role should lead with evidence of those, not a generic skills list.
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Top skills employers ask for
Ranked by O*NET importance for this occupation.
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Monitoring
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
- Writing
- Science
- Mathematics
- Learning Strategies
What they actually do
Core O*NET tasks for this role.
- Verify availability of operating room supplies, medications, and gases.
- Pretest and calibrate anesthesia delivery systems and monitors.
- Participate in seminars, workshops, or other professional activities to keep abreast of developments in anesthesiology.
- Provide airway management interventions including tracheal intubation, fiber optics, or ventilary support.
- Respond to emergency situations by providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), or pediatric advanced life support (PALS).
- Administer blood, blood products, or supportive fluids.
- Collect and document patients' pre-anesthetic health histories.
- Assist in the provision of advanced life support techniques including those procedures using high frequency ventilation or intra-arterial cardiovascular assistance devices.
- Monitor and document patients' progress during post-anesthesia period.
- Administer anesthetic, adjuvant, or accessory drugs under the direction of an anesthesiologist.
Tools & technology
- eClinicalWorks EHR software
- Allscripts PM
- athenahealth athenaCollector
- Automatic Data Processing AdvancedMD EHR
- Benchmark Systems Benchmark Clinical EHR
- Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR
- CareCloud Central
- Cerner PowerWorks Practice Management
- Epic Practice Management
- GalacTek ECLIPSE
- GE Healthcare Centricity Practice Solution
- Greenway Medical Technologies PrimeSUITE
- HealthFusion MediTouch
- IOS Health Systems Medios EHR
- Kareo Practice Management
- McKesson Practice Plus
Knowledge areas
- Medicine and Dentistry
- English Language
- Chemistry
- Customer and Personal Service
- Mathematics
- Biology
- Education and Training
- Computers and Electronics