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Anesthesiologist Assistants vs Nurse Anesthetists

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Anesthesiologist Assistants and Nurse Anesthetists on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Anesthesiologist Assistants Nurse Anesthetists
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$133,260
$223,210
Employment · BLS OEWS
155,540
50,350
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
11th pct
21st pct

At a glance

Dimension Anesthesiologist Assistants Nurse Anesthetists
Median pay $133,260 $223,210
Employment 155,540 50,350
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Growing fast (+20.4%) Growing fast (+8.6%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 12,000 2,700
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree). Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
AI exposure · published exposure studies Low · 11th pct Low · 21st pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 43rd pct · 23% of tasks 47th pct · 25% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (42.9%) —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No No

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Oral Comprehension, Problem Sensitivity, Medicine and Dentistry, English Language, Active Listening, Written Comprehension, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Oral Expression, Perceptual Speed, Selective Attention, Near Vision, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Chemistry, Customer and Personal Service, Mathematics, Active Learning, Written Expression, Information Ordering, Speech Recognition, Biology, Time Management, Education and Training, Speech Clarity, Service Orientation, Writing, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Complex Problem Solving, Category Flexibility.

Specific to Anesthesiologist Assistants

  • Arm-Hand Steadiness
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Control Precision
  • Flexibility of Closure
  • Manual Dexterity
  • Finger Dexterity

Specific to Nurse Anesthetists

  • Psychology
  • Physics
  • Science
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Learning Strategies
  • Fluency of Ideas

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Medical software , Word processing software .

Specific to Anesthesiologist Assistants

Specific to Nurse Anesthetists

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    Sources for this page

    Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

    Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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    Singulariki. "Anesthesiologist Assistants vs Nurse Anesthetists." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/anesthesiologist-assistants-vs-nurse-anesthetists

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    Singulariki. (2026). Anesthesiologist Assistants vs Nurse Anesthetists. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/anesthesiologist-assistants-vs-nurse-anesthetists

    BibTeX 
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