nursing · SOC 29-1151

Nurse Anesthetists

National median $236,590 / yr · 51,840 jobs nationally. Same job, very different outcomes by state — see the WageBench Score below.

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National median

$236,590

BLS OEWS

Top state by Score

SD

Score 74 · South Dakota

Top-paying metro

Jacksonville

$416,000 median

Top WageBench Score

84

Jacksonville, FL

Top 10 destinations

Same job. Wildly different outcomes by metro. Click any column to re-sort.

Rank	Area	Annual Median	Take-Home	State Tax	COL Index	NLC	WageBench Score ↓
#1	Jacksonville, FL	$416,000	$416,000	0.0%	—	✓	84
#2	South Dakota	$263,930	$263,930	0.0%	89	✓	74
#3	North Dakota	$244,240	$239,355	2.0%	89	✓	73
#4	West Virginia	$278,530	$265,161	4.8%	89	✓	73
#5	Iowa	$273,070	$262,693	3.8%	88	✓	73
#6	Montana	$277,380	$262,956	5.2%	95	✓	72
#7	Wyoming	$255,250	$255,250	0.0%	93	✓	72
#8	Wisconsin	$273,170	$258,692	5.3%	94	✓	72
#9	South Carolina	$265,480	$250,879	5.5%	94	✓	72
#10	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$277,550	$265,754	4.3%	—	✓	72

National wage distribution

How pay spreads across the workforce — from the 10th percentile (entry / low-COL settings) to the 90th (highest-paying environments).

P10
$155,250
P25
$206,730
MEDIAN
$236,590
P75
$294,350
P90
$339,500

Hourly mean

$119

Hourly median

$114

Annual mean

$248,320

Total US jobs

51,840

Every state & metro, ranked

Filter by state, set a minimum WageBench Score, or restrict to Nurse Licensure Compact members. 215 scored areas total.

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Area	State	Median	Take-Home	State Tax	COL Index	NLC	HPSA	WageBench Score ↓
Jacksonville, FL	FL	$416,000	$416,000	0.0%	—	✓	24	84
South Dakota	SD	$263,930	$263,930	0.0%	89	✓	22	74
North Dakota	ND	$244,240	$239,355	2.0%	89	✓	23	73
West Virginia	WV	$278,530	$265,161	4.8%	89	✓	23	73
Iowa	IA	$273,070	$262,693	3.8%	88	✓	21	73
Montana	MT	$277,380	$262,956	5.2%	95	✓	22	72
Wyoming	WY	$255,250	$255,250	0.0%	93	✓	23	72
Wisconsin	WI	$273,170	$258,692	5.3%	94	✓	21	72
South Carolina	SC	$265,480	$250,879	5.5%	94	✓	24	72
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	NC	$277,550	$265,754	4.3%	—	✓	24	72
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	TX	$279,410	$279,410	0.0%	—	✓	23	72
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	WA	$274,390	$274,390	0.0%	—	✓	21	72
Missouri	MO	$242,630	$231,712	4.5%	91	✓	24	71
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	WI	$282,840	$267,849	5.3%	—	✓	21	71
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	TX	$244,990	$244,990	0.0%	—	✓	23	71
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	TX	$275,310	$275,310	0.0%	—	✓	23	71
Washington	WA	$274,390	$274,390	0.0%	107	✓	21	70
Ohio	OH	$231,810	$224,856	3.0%	93	✓	23	70
Nebraska	NE	$246,730	$234,887	4.8%	90	✓	20	70
Idaho	ID	$263,130	$247,868	5.8%	95	✓	21	70
Arkansas	AR	$224,280	$216,430	3.5%	87	✓	24	70
Baton Rouge, LA	LA	$268,210	$260,164	3.0%	—	✓	23	70
Texas	TX	$244,990	$244,990	0.0%	97	✓	23	70
Columbus, OH	OH	$231,810	$224,856	3.0%	—	✓	23	69
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	FL	$232,000	$232,000	0.0%	—	✓	24	69

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Not published by BLS (7) — BLS suppresses wage estimates where employment is too low to disclose. These states likely still employ this occupation; there's just no public wage to rank: Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Nevada, Rhode Island, District of Columbia.

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