Skills it runs on
The capabilities O*NET rates most important for this occupation — the human ground the work is built on.
See all skills →Nurse Anesthetists
Occupation · SOC 29-1151.00
Administer anesthesia, monitor patient's vital signs, and oversee patient recovery from anesthesia. May assist anesthesiologists, surgeons, other physicians, or dentists. Must be registered nurses who have specialized graduate education.
Also called: Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Nurse Anesthetist · Staff Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (Staff CRNA) · Staff Nurse Anesthetist · Anesthesia Physician · Anesthesia Specialist · Certified Nurse Anesthetist
Job family: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations
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AI work map
A fast read on where AI already shows up in this occupation, where it stays a copilot, where humans remain in the loop, and what the labor market is doing. Built from observed Claude.ai conversations mapped to O*NET tasks and from published research — measures of usage and exposure, not advice or predictions that the job is going away.
Market signal
Independent published positions, read together — not a forecast.
- Growing fast employment outlook (+8.6% by 2034)
- 2,700 openings/yr
- Low AI exposure
- Median pay $223,210/yr
- Work is mostly on-site (not teleworkable)
35th-percentile task overlap — yet about 2,700 openings a year (+8.6% projected, BLS) . What exposure means →
AI & job outlook
What today's research says about this occupation's exposure to AI, how AI is actually being used in it, and where employment is headed. These are positions within published studies — measures of exposure and usage, not predictions that this job will disappear.
Exposure to current AI
Each study uses its own scale, so the raw scores are not comparable across rows — the percentile (this job's rank among all U.S. occupations with data) is the comparable figure, and sizes the bars.
| Measure | Rank vs all occupations | Percentile | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.) Moderate | 55th | 0.2 | |
| LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) Moderate | 34th | 0.3 | |
| AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) Low | 21st | 0.1 |
OpenAI's exposure study scores tasks three ways: with a language model alone (α 0.0), with simple added tooling (β 0.2), and including AI-powered software (γ 0.3). Higher means more of the job's tasks could be done at least twice as fast — not that they will be automated away.
This job mostly cannot be done remotely (Dingel–Neiman) — its hands-on tasks sit outside what software-based AI reaches.
Job outlook
Independent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projection for 2024–2034 — a labor-market forecast, not an AI-impact forecast.
| Outlook | Growing fast · +8.6% by 2034 |
| Projected annual openings | 2,700 |
| Employment 2024 → 2034 | 53,800 → 58,500 |
“Annual openings” counts new jobs plus replacements for workers who leave the occupation, so it can be large even when growth is modest.
Where this work sits on the global GenAI gradient
The ILO's 2025 global study scores generative-AI exposure on the international ISCO-08 occupation system, not US SOC. Bridged through the published (and approximate, many-to-many) IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 crosswalk, this US occupation corresponds to the international occupation below. Exposure here means how much of the work's tasks today's AI can attempt — task overlap, not automation, adoption, or jobs lost.
Nurse Anesthetists sits at the 47th percentile of 427
occupations on the global GenAI task-exposure gradient
. Each dot is one occupation; the
ringed one is this work. Exposure is task overlap, not automation or jobs lost.
25% mean task exposure (2025)
47th percentile of 427 placed occupations
+0 pts shift 2023 → 2025
| International occupation (ISCO-08) | Task exposure (2025) | Most tasks fall in |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing Professionals · 2221 | 25% | Not exposed |
Read the whole six-band gradient on the GenAI exposure gradient page. The crosswalk is approximate: a US occupation can map to several international ones, and the ILO scores describe the international occupation, not this exact US role.
Tasks
All 24 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, ordered by importance. Each links to its own page with AI-exposure and observed-use detail.
- Manage patients' airway or pulmonary status, using techniques such as endotracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, pharmacological support, respiratory therapy, and extubation. Core · importance 5.0
- Respond to emergency situations by providing airway management, administering emergency fluids or drugs, or using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques. Core · importance 4.9
- Monitor patients' responses, including skin color, pupil dilation, pulse, heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, ventilation, or urine output, using invasive and noninvasive techniques. Core · importance 4.9
- Select, order, or administer anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, fluids or blood products as necessary. Core · importance 4.8
- Select, prepare, or use equipment, monitors, supplies, or drugs for the administration of anesthetics. Core · importance 4.7
- Assess patients' medical histories to predict anesthesia response. Core · importance 4.7
- Perform or manage regional anesthetic techniques, such as local, spinal, epidural, caudal, nerve blocks and intravenous blocks. Core · importance 4.7
- Develop anesthesia care plans. Core · importance 4.7
- Obtain informed consent from patients for anesthesia procedures. Core · importance 4.7
- Perform pre-anesthetic screenings, including physical evaluations and patient interviews, and document results. Core · importance 4.6
- Prepare prescribed solutions and administer local, intravenous, spinal, or other anesthetics, following specified methods and procedures. Core · importance 4.6
- Calibrate and test anesthesia equipment. Core · importance 4.6
- Evaluate patients' post-surgical or post-anesthesia responses, taking appropriate corrective actions or requesting consultation if complications occur. Core · importance 4.6
- Administer post-anesthesia medications or fluids to support patients' cardiovascular systems. Core · importance 4.5
- Select and prescribe post-anesthesia medications or treatments to patients. Core · importance 4.5
- Perform or evaluate the results of diagnostic tests, such as radiographs (x-rays) and electrocardiograms (EKGs). Core · importance 4.4
- Select, order, or administer pre-anesthetic medications. Core · importance 4.4
- Insert peripheral or central intravenous catheters. Core · importance 4.3
- Insert arterial catheters or perform arterial punctures to obtain arterial blood samples. Core · importance 4.3
- Discharge patients from post-anesthesia care. Core · importance 4.2
- Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in nursing. Core · importance 4.1
- Request anesthesia equipment repairs, adjustments, or safety tests. Core · importance 4.0
- Instruct nurses, residents, interns, students, or other staff on topics such as anesthetic techniques, pain management and emergency responses. Core · importance 3.7
- Disassemble and clean anesthesia equipment. Core · importance 3.6
Work activities
- Administer intravenous medications.
- Administer blood or other fluids intravenously.
- Monitor patient conditions during treatments, procedures, or activities.
- Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.
- Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals.
- Examine patients to assess general physical condition.
- Record patient medical histories.
- Prescribe medications.
- Process healthcare paperwork.
- Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
- Operate diagnostic imaging equipment.
- Implement advanced life support techniques.
- Administer anesthetics or sedatives to control pain.
- Prepare medications or medical solutions.
- Treat medical emergencies.
- Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals.
- Develop medical treatment plans.
- Select medical equipment for addressing patient needs.
- Prepare medical supplies or equipment for use.
- Examine medical instruments or equipment to ensure proper operation.
- Maintain medical equipment or instruments.
- Clean medical equipment or facilities.
- Collect biological specimens from patients.
- Operate diagnostic or therapeutic medical instruments or equipment.
- Administer basic health care or medical treatments.
- Train medical providers.
- Maintain medical or professional knowledge.
Knowledge, skills & abilities
O*NET importance rating, from 1 (not important) to 5 (extremely important).
Knowledge
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4.8 | |
| Customer and Personal Service | 4.6 | |
| Biology | 4.6 | |
| Chemistry | 4.3 | |
| Mathematics | 4.3 | |
| Education and Training | 4.3 | |
| English Language | 4.2 | |
| Psychology | 4.0 | |
| Physics | 4.0 | |
| Computers and Electronics | 3.4 |
Abilities
| Problem Sensitivity | 4.8 | |
| Oral Comprehension | 4.1 | |
| Written Comprehension | 4.1 | |
| Information Ordering | 4.1 | |
| Oral Expression | 4.0 | |
| Written Expression | 4.0 | |
| Deductive Reasoning | 4.0 | |
| Inductive Reasoning | 4.0 | |
| Near Vision | 4.0 | |
| Speech Clarity | 4.0 | |
| Speech Recognition | 3.8 | |
| Selective Attention | 3.5 | |
| Fluency of Ideas | 3.4 | |
| Category Flexibility | 3.4 | |
| Perceptual Speed | 3.4 |
Essential skills
| Reading Comprehension | 4.1 | |
| Critical Thinking | 4.1 | |
| Active Listening | 4.0 | |
| Speaking | 4.0 | |
| Active Learning | 4.0 | |
| Monitoring | 4.0 | |
| Science | 3.9 | |
| Writing | 3.4 | |
| Learning Strategies | 3.4 |
Transferable skills
| Complex Problem Solving | 4.0 | |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 4.0 | |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.9 | |
| Service Orientation | 3.9 | |
| Coordination | 3.4 | |
| Time Management | 3.4 |
Skills in demand
Skills employers ask for in job postings for this occupation (Lightcast), with whether each is a common or specialized skill.
Tools & technology
Work context
How characteristic each condition is of the job, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale (higher = more present in day-to-day work). Each condition links to how it varies across all occupations.
How to get in
- Job zone
- Zone 5 — Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
- Education
- 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).
- Typical entry-level education
- Master's degree · BLS, the typical path — not a requirement
- Related experience
- Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
- Preparation level
- SVP (8.0 and above) — total schooling plus on-the-job experience.
What to study: Health Professions and Related Programs . Fields of study crosswalked to this occupation (NCES CIP–SOC), not a requirement.
Education of current workers
Share of people in this occupation at each level of education.
| Doctoral Degree | 55.6% | |
| Master's Degree | 40.7% | |
| First Professional Degree | 3.7% |
Interests & work styles
The interests and personal qualities O*NET associates with people who do this work.
Work styles
| Intellectual Curiosity | 10.0 | |
| Cooperation | 9.0 | |
| Achievement Orientation | 8.0 | |
| Self-Control | 7.0 | |
| Stress Tolerance | 6.0 | |
| Empathy | 5.0 | |
| Perseverance | 4.0 | |
| Adaptability | 3.0 | |
| Attention to Detail | 3.0 |
Interest areas
| Health Care Service | 6.6 | |
| Medical Science | 4.3 | |
| Life Science | 3.1 |
Career interests (Holland / RIASEC)
| Social | 5.3 | |
| Investigative | 5.1 | |
| Realistic | 4.8 | |
| Conventional | 4.2 |
Wages & employment
U.S. · annual wages (BLS OEWS)
| 10th percentile | $137,230 |
| 25th percentile | $187,110 |
| Median (50th) | $223,210 |
| 75th percentile | — |
| 90th percentile | — |
| People employed | 50,350 |
Industries that employ this occupation
Where these workers are employed, by number of jobs (national, BLS OEWS). Pay shown is the occupation's national median, not industry-specific.
| Industry | Workers | National median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance · Sector | 48,320 | $223,500 |
| Educational Services · Sector | 910 | $211,880 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services · Sector | 310 | $201,970 |
| Manufacturing · Sector | — | $118,440 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · Sector | — | $227,640 |
Where this work is most concentrated
Industries where this occupation is far more common than in the economy as a whole. The location quotient is how many times more concentrated it is here (a value of 5 means five times its economy-wide share).
| Industry | Concentration | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance · Sector | 6.4× | 48,320 |
| Educational Services · Sector | 0.2× | 910 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services · Sector | 0.11× | 310 |
Related occupations
Part of the Healthcare & Human Services career cluster.
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Side-by-side comparisons place two occupations’ pay, preparation, skills, and AI exposure on the same page — same data, same scale, no forecast.
What you can do with this
Options the data surfaces for Nurse Anesthetists — not advice or a forecast. Each is a real cross-link you can follow into the evidence.
Skills that travel
Capabilities this work builds that are used across many other occupations.
Adjacent roles
Occupations O*NET rates as related — the nearby moves on the map.
Paths in
How people typically prepare for this work.
- Master's degree · typical entry level
- Job zone 5 — Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed · preparation tier
- Health Professions and Related Programs · field of study
Zoom out
On the global GenAI exposure gradient this work sits around the 47th percentile of 427 international occupations.
Write a report on thisheadline · factoids · citation
Nurse Anesthetists show 35th-percentile AI task overlap — and about 2,700 annual U.S. openings
- Nurse Anesthetists rank in the 35th percentile (Moderate band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated.Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE
- The occupation is projected to see about 2,700 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
- BLS projects employment to be growing fast (+8.6%) from 2024 to 2034.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
- Median annual pay is $223,210, across about 50,350 U.S. workers.BLS OEWS (May 2024)
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Nurse Anesthetists show 35th-percentile AI task overlap — and about 2,700 annual U.S. openings • Nurse Anesthetists rank in the 35th percentile (Moderate band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated. (Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE) • The occupation is projected to see about 2,700 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • BLS projects employment to be growing fast (+8.6%) from 2024 to 2034. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • Median annual pay is $223,210, across about 50,350 U.S. workers. (BLS OEWS (May 2024)) Source: Singulariki — "Nurse Anesthetists". https://singulariki.com/roles/role-29-1151-00 Note: AI task overlap measures what today's AI can attempt, not automation, job loss, or a forecast.
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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.
- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai Microsoft Research
- “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic
- AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans academic
- ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025 International Labour Organization
- IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022 Institute for Structural Research (IBS)
- Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome academic
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
Cite this page
Plain
Singulariki. "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; 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; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-29-1151-00
APA
Singulariki. (2026). Nurse Anesthetists. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/roles/role-29-1151-00
BibTeX
@misc{singulariki-role-29-1151-00,
title = {Nurse Anesthetists},
author = {{Singulariki}},
year = {2026},
note = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; 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; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026},
url = {https://singulariki.com/roles/role-29-1151-00}
} Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.