2012 Anesthesiologist Salary Survey Shows Declining Wages

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Published on 04-26-2012 08:36 PM Number of Views: 5875

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See the who survey HERE. It is worth it to read the slides.

In 2011, anesthesiologists earned a mean income of $309,000, down from $325,000 the prior year. These respondents are among the top 6 fields in earnings, at more than $300,000. The others are radiology, orthopedic surgery, cardiology, and urology. About 7% of anesthesiologists earn $500,000 or more. About 10% earn $100,000 or less, compared with 6% in last year's survey.

For employed anesthesiologists, compensation covers salary, bonus, and profit-sharing contributions. For partners, compensation includes earnings after tax-deductible business expenses but before income tax. Compensation excludes non-patient-related activities (eg, expert witness services, speaking engagements, and product sales).

Just over 4 in 10 anesthesiologists saw virtually no difference in income between 2011 and 2010, about the same as for physicians in all specialties. Another 34% of anesthesiologists saw a decrease in their earnings (compared with 16% last year), while 26% reported an increase (compared with about 20% last year). In last year's survey, about one half of anesthesiologists saw no change

Salary By Region:

% of MDAs who feel fairly compensated:

With a mean income of 310K only 11% of MDAs consider themselves "rich":

Over 50% of MDAs spend an Average of 50 or less Hours a week taking care of patients contrary to popular dogma.

Less than 50% of all MDAs would choose medicine as a career again and of the 50% who would less than 50% would choose Anesthesia.

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blazinbrandon - 04-26-2012
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Odd to see such high career dissatisfaction. Would be interesting to see the same questions surveyed of crna's.

CougRN - 04-27-2012
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Personally I don't see this as a good thing. You better believe that any loss in pay by the docs will be passed down to us. When they feel the pinch in their pockets they will reach into our for sure. I think we have already started to see this happening around the country. There is a rumor floating around in our city that the Chief MDA's from three of the largest groups are already discussing amongst themselves coming up with a "local" wage. The details are still trickling out but there is a push to keep our salaries down and increase their profits. I see nothing good happening with the loss of pay for docs as it pertains to us.

RAYMAN - 04-27-2012
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Originally Posted by CougRN

Personally I don't see this as a good thing. You better believe that any loss in pay by the docs will be passed down to us. When they feel the pinch in their pockets they will reach into our for sure. I think we have already started to see this happening around the country. There is a rumor floating around in our city that the Chief MDA's from three of the largest groups are already discussing amongst themselves coming up with a "local" wage. The details are still trickling out but there is a push to keep our salaries down and increase their profits. I see nothing good happening with the loss of pay for docs as it pertains to us.

Yap. The city I used to work had this arrangement. The chief MDA of each group knew what everybody was paying. I remember my boss getting pissed because another group increased salaries.

MmacFN - 04-27-2012
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That is only a real concern if you work for them.. CRNA grps will be insulated from this.

Originally Posted by CougRN

Personally I don't see this as a good thing. You better believe that any loss in pay by the docs will be passed down to us. When they feel the pinch in their pockets they will reach into our for sure. I think we have already started to see this happening around the country. There is a rumor floating around in our city that the Chief MDA's from three of the largest groups are already discussing amongst themselves coming up with a "local" wage. The details are still trickling out but there is a push to keep our salaries down and increase their profits. I see nothing good happening with the loss of pay for docs as it pertains to us.

CougRN - 04-28-2012
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Originally Posted by MmacFN

That is only a real concern if you work for them.. CRNA grps will be insulated from this.

not necessarily, even if you work along side them in the same group. i know your boss is working very hard to spearhead this and drive down salaries.

MmacFN - 04-28-2012
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Oh yah... but thats not the kinda grp im talking about..

Originally Posted by CougRN

not necessarily, even if you work along side them in the same group. i know your boss is working very hard to spearhead this and drive down salaries.

caind44 - 04-30-2012
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I would think that would be illegal.

JadamR15 - 04-30-2012
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huh. good point. How so? Price fixing, in a way?

jofar80 - 05-03-2012
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This is just my friggin luck !!! I just get out of school after years of planning and action, and now the whole profession appears to be going down the toilet !!! WTF !!!!!

ethernaut - 05-04-2012
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Originally Posted by jofar80

This is just my friggin luck !!! I just get out of school after years of planning and action, and now the whole profession appears to be going down the toilet !!! WTF !!!!!

obviously you didn't do enough homework. this has been occurring for at LEAST a few years in my area.