Nurse Anesthetist salary
What nurse anesthetists actually earn, from U.S. Department of Labor wage data for May 2025 — the low end, the median and what the top 10% make, across 44 states and 171 metro areas.
- 10th percentile
- $155,250
- 25th percentile
- $206,730
- Median percentile
- $236,590
- 75th percentile
- $294,350
- 90th percentile
- $339,500
- Mean
- $248,320
- Employed
- 51,840
How much does a nurse anesthetist make?
Half of nurse anesthetists earn more than $236,590 a year and half earn less. The bottom 10% earn under $155,250 — typically early-career, part-time or partial-year — while the top 10% earn $339,500 or more. BLS counts 51,840 people in this occupation. The spread between those two ends is the number worth paying attention to: it is far wider in medicine than in most professions, and where you practise and who employs you moves you along it more than seniority alone does.
Nurse Anesthetist salary by state
Low end, average, median and top 10% in each state, ranked by median annual wage. BLS suppresses states with too few reporting employers, so not every state appears.
| State | Low (10th) | Average | Median | Top 10% | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | $212,150 | $311,110 | $341,210 | $366,160 | 90 |
| New York | $144,900 | $285,020 | $321,030 | $342,480 | 2,450 |
| Massachusetts | $199,760 | $303,310 | $295,550 | $391,170 | 500 |
| California | $200,530 | $283,780 | $292,410 | $335,550 | 2,230 |
| New Jersey | $229,130 | $290,920 | $291,350 | $370,880 | — |
| Illinois | $103,490 | $251,600 | $286,830 | $335,610 | 1,140 |
| Vermont | $222,080 | $289,870 | $283,060 | $310,160 | 40 |
| West Virginia | $226,300 | $275,100 | $278,530 | $380,340 | 740 |
| Montana | $233,670 | $270,330 | $277,380 | $325,620 | — |
| New Hampshire | $231,560 | $277,740 | $275,980 | $320,140 | 490 |
| Washington | $218,640 | $273,760 | $274,390 | $358,160 | 760 |
| Wisconsin | $223,690 | $272,470 | $273,170 | $320,630 | 990 |
| Iowa | $124,470 | $253,510 | $273,070 | $315,610 | 380 |
| Oregon | $205,180 | $280,010 | $272,330 | $339,300 | 370 |
| Minnesota | $221,970 | $259,210 | $266,190 | $292,200 | 2,130 |
| South Carolina | $210,100 | $276,380 | $265,480 | $401,600 | 1,010 |
| South Dakota | $194,200 | $249,720 | $263,930 | $287,650 | 400 |
| Idaho | $216,820 | $265,850 | $263,130 | $338,620 | — |
| Wyoming | $188,650 | $260,650 | $255,250 | $399,220 | 80 |
| Virginia | $174,210 | $254,820 | $252,110 | $387,020 | 700 |
| Arizona | $228,390 | $256,610 | $248,660 | $313,990 | 310 |
| Maine | $219,970 | $259,370 | $247,470 | $336,050 | 380 |
| Michigan | $220,840 | $253,760 | $247,010 | $299,120 | 2,300 |
| Nebraska | $188,560 | $255,610 | $246,730 | $331,660 | 430 |
| Texas | $169,350 | $255,820 | $244,990 | $340,950 | 4,060 |
| North Dakota | $223,490 | $248,580 | $244,240 | $287,480 | 250 |
| Missouri | $177,900 | $271,780 | $242,630 | $362,800 | 1,550 |
| Connecticut | $101,520 | $225,810 | $236,960 | $325,790 | 480 |
| Ohio | $148,690 | $236,830 | $231,810 | $329,690 | 2,300 |
| Georgia | $167,110 | $226,330 | $224,630 | $303,900 | 1,170 |
| North Carolina | $117,170 | $226,780 | $224,610 | $323,640 | 3,340 |
| Arkansas | $87,120 | $198,540 | $224,280 | $300,080 | — |
| Maryland | $81,970 | $218,050 | $223,140 | $351,020 | 840 |
| Kentucky | $189,630 | $229,690 | $222,520 | $289,230 | 1,640 |
| Louisiana | $176,660 | $243,240 | $222,130 | $304,640 | 900 |
| Pennsylvania | $155,250 | $233,320 | $221,530 | $303,640 | 2,500 |
| Kansas | $166,080 | $206,320 | $212,090 | $243,000 | 910 |
| Tennessee | $167,480 | $218,870 | $211,450 | $286,630 | 1,690 |
| Florida | $125,680 | $239,830 | $210,570 | $416,000 | 4,600 |
| Mississippi | $177,110 | $217,470 | $198,410 | $281,010 | 480 |
| Alabama | $101,450 | $189,120 | $190,300 | $270,220 | 1,810 |
| Oklahoma | $156,830 | $190,820 | $156,830 | $296,200 | 990 |
| New Mexico | $64,560 | $149,980 | $129,370 | $271,970 | — |
| Utah | $93,350 | $139,750 | $126,600 | $208,310 | — |
Highest-paying areas for nurse anesthetists
| Area | Low (10th) | Average | Median | Top 10% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville, FL | $134,630 | $322,640 | $416,000 | $416,000 |
| North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area | $129,460 | $297,960 | $364,830 | $364,830 |
| Springfield, MA | $237,340 | $307,850 | $357,740 | $357,740 |
| Fayetteville, NC | $117,110 | $252,000 | $331,760 | $331,760 |
| Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $215,550 | $308,160 | $323,490 | $367,460 |
| Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area | $139,990 | $279,860 | $323,470 | $363,240 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $149,990 | $290,150 | $321,030 | $339,500 |
| Peoria, IL | $96,600 | $284,670 | $310,930 | $313,110 |
| Columbia, MO | $215,420 | $281,790 | $310,170 | $310,170 |
| Hammond, LA | $212,000 | $278,750 | $304,640 | $304,640 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $150,780 | $276,570 | $298,910 | $298,910 |
| Idaho Falls, ID | $129,250 | $269,540 | $298,560 | $299,250 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | $157,860 | $254,020 | $297,560 | $322,880 |
| Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | $231,840 | $271,550 | $294,910 | $302,860 |
| Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $222,780 | $280,780 | $290,090 | $315,610 |
| Rochester, NY | $128,090 | $261,220 | $286,230 | $343,240 |
| West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $210,870 | $293,720 | $285,340 | $367,460 |
| Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $192,840 | $273,310 | $285,030 | $330,650 |
| Madison, WI | $223,690 | $272,610 | $283,980 | $324,990 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $229,470 | $274,940 | $282,930 | $292,920 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $226,870 | $275,550 | $282,840 | $288,540 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | $175,620 | $265,000 | $282,380 | $332,900 |
| South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area | $179,990 | $279,040 | $282,260 | $344,430 |
| Charleston, WV | $231,640 | $266,040 | $280,250 | $290,670 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | $210,100 | $282,860 | $279,570 | $323,640 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $164,290 | $250,230 | $279,410 | $312,460 |
| South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $174,950 | $265,850 | $279,280 | $368,990 |
| Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $219,940 | $279,090 | $278,960 | $375,900 |
| Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $201,530 | $277,670 | $278,670 | $345,240 |
| Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $216,810 | $266,880 | $278,640 | $300,460 |
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Where this comes from. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, for the occupation Nurse Anesthetists. Employers report the wages they actually pay, and the methodology is published — unlike self-reported salary surveys, which nobody can verify.
What it leaves out. OES counts wage-and-salary employees. Self-employed physicians and practice owners are outside its scope, and partnership distributions are not wages, so in specialties where private practice is common these figures are likely to be conservative. Bonuses and profit-sharing are excluded from the wage measure as well.