Anesthesiologists

Trending
Minimal Risk
Low High

Explore safer careers (2)

Lower estimated automation risk

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians
3% automation risk | Minimal Risk
More jobs
10 pts lower View career
Why it fits

Fits physicians moving toward pain and function care using analgesia knowledge, patient assessment, procedures, and chronic-care planning.

Emergency Medicine Physicians
5% automation risk | Minimal Risk
8.3 pts lower View career
Why it fits

Uses airway management, resuscitation, sedation, rapid assessment, monitoring, crisis teamwork, and procedural judgment with retraining.

Alternative careers

Related career paths that build on similar skills and experience

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
19% automation risk | Minimal Risk
Higher growth More jobs
View career
Why it fits

Fits physicians with OR safety focus using risk assessment, incident prevention, protocols, training, and compliance documentation.

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
10% automation risk | Minimal Risk
Higher growth More jobs
3.4 pts lower View career
Why it fits

Uses physician expertise, anesthesia cases, clinical supervision, lectures, assessment, mentoring, and evidence-based practice.

Compare this job with others
or search for another job
Share your results with friends and family.

Occupation snapshot

What does this snowflake show?
The Snowflake is a visual summary of the five badges: Automation Risk (calculated), Risk (polled), Growth, Wages and Volume. It gives you an instant snapshot of an occupations profile. The colour of the Snowflake relates to its size. The better the occupation scores in relation to others, the larger and greener the Snowflake becomes.
JOB SCORE
6.5/10
What's this?
Job Score (higher is better):

We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

These are some key things to think about when job hunting.

Risk & user votes

Calculated automation risk

13% (Minimal Risk)

Minimal Risk (0-20%): This occupation appears difficult to replace end-to-end with current or near-future automation, including AI software and robotics. Roles in this range usually depend on human judgement, creativity, care, leadership, specialist expertise, or adapting to messy real-world situations. AI and machines may still change parts of the work, but the occupation is likely to remain a distinct human role.

More information on what this score is, and how it is calculated is available here.

Human strengths important in this job

These are human abilities and work contexts that are important in this occupation. They may help explain why parts of the role are harder to replace end-to-end, but they are not the only inputs into the automation score.

Assisting and caring for others

Very important
Why this matters
Provide hands-on help, emotional support, or personal care to people—work that depends on empathy, trust, and responding to individual needs in the moment.
Jobs that also use this strength

Decision-making and problem solving

Very important
Why this matters
Analyze information, weigh tradeoffs, and choose the best solution—especially when situations are ambiguous, high-stakes, or have real-world consequences.
Jobs that also use this strength

Social perceptiveness

Quite important
Why this matters
Noticing others’ emotions and reactions in the moment and adjusting what you say or do based on why they’re responding that way.
Jobs that also use this strength

Working directly with the public

Quite important
Why this matters
The job involves face-to-face interaction with customers, clients, or guests—answering questions, handling requests, and managing service situations in real time. Roles with frequent public interaction are harder to replace end-to-end because they rely on trust, communication, and adapting to unpredictable human needs.
Jobs that also use this strength

Thinking creatively

Quite important
Why this matters
Coming up with original ideas and designs—creating new concepts, products, systems, or artistic work. This kind of open-ended invention and taste-based judgment is harder to automate end-to-end than routine, rule-based tasks.
Jobs that also use this strength
Show 5 more strengths

Persuasion

Quite important
Why this matters
Influencing people to change their minds or behavior through conversation, trust, and negotiation.
Jobs that also use this strength

Coordinating others’ work

Quite important
Why this matters
Bringing people together, assigning tasks, and keeping a group aligned so work gets done.
Jobs that also use this strength

Consulting and advising others

Quite important
Why this matters
Provide guidance and expert advice to managers or teams on technical, system, or process decisions—explaining options, tradeoffs, and recommended actions.
Jobs that also use this strength

Active learning

Quite important
Why this matters
Keeps learning from new information and applying it to make better decisions now and in the future, especially when situations change.
Jobs that also use this strength

Education and training expertise

Quite important
Why this matters
Designing and delivering instruction—adapting lessons to different learners and measuring whether training actually works.
Jobs that also use this strength

What users think

Based on 264 votes

31% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 13% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Anesthesiologists will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

Sentiment

Based on user votes over time

View sentiment trend

How opinions have changed over time

Pay & outlook

Wages

Moderately paid relative to other professions

In Unknown, the mean annual wage for Anesthesiologists was Unknown (Unknown per hour).

View wage trend

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Growth

Moderate growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Anesthesiologists' job openings is expected to rise 3.2% by 2034

View employment trend

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Volume

Moderate range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2024 there were 41,890 people employed as 'Anesthesiologists' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 3 thousand people are employed as 'Anesthesiologists'.

People also viewed

Lawyers Computer Programmers Actors Pharmacists Accountants and Auditors

What people are saying (3)

Ian Thompson (Highly likely)
08 Jan 2024 13:16
They only use data for making decisions and if you use robots even the manual part is going to be replaced.
SAMSON OTUWA (No chance)
29 Sep 2022 04:15
As an anesthesiologist, I do not think anybody will trust a robot with their lives. A robot might be able to monitor the body's physiologic changes under anaesthesia, but responding to those changes requires not only experience but also an understanding of pharmacology and pharmacodynamics. A robot has to be a human to do that.
Phoenix5869
13 May 2024 21:43
Yeah, i think 14% and 30% are wayyyy too high. I think it’s more like 0% chance within the next 30 years or so.
Leave a reply about this occupation
0/8000

Job description

Administer anesthetics and analgesics for pain management prior to, during, or after surgery.

O*NET-SOC code: 29-1211.00