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Anesthesiologists
Administer anesthetics and analgesics for pain management prior to, during, or after surgery.
What an anesthesiologist does
Become an anesthesiologist
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good anesthesiologist
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $254 per hour with a typical salary of $462,800 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $172 and $300 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $154,000 and $559,100 per year.
- 42% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $285 per hour with a typical salary of $311,100 per year.
- 32.5% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Anesthesiologist job outlook
- There are 1,603 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 57 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 10% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.