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Anesthesiologists pay in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Anesthesiologists is $417,100 per year in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. It is $646,930 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC is 35.5% below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1211 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 50 wage and salary jobs in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC and 990 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings