Anesthesia

Report: Some Nurses Paid More Than Family Physicians

Published in Lab Law Weekly, July 4th, 2008

Nurses trained in administering anesthesia are offered higher salaries on average than are family physicians, according to a new report from Merritt, Hawkins & Associates, the nation's largest physician recruiting firm.

The firm's 2008 Review of Physician and CRNA Recruiting Incentives indicates that the average salary offered to recruit family physicians is $172,000. By comparison, the average salary offered to recruit nurses trained in administering anesthesia (who are known as CRNAs) is $185,000.

Salaries for family physicians also lag behind those offered to other types of doctors. The average salary offered to orthopedic surgeons in 2008 was...

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Source: Lab Law Weekly (2008-07-04)

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