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Nurse Anesthetist Salary by City

Nurse anesthetists earn the highest salary of all nursing types. In our CRNA salary article, we broke down the nurse anesthetist salary averages published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the top paying cities and surrounding metropolitan / non-metropolitan areas for nurses anesthetists, also known as CRNAs. (See other healthcare salaries here).

Top Paying Cities for Nurse Anesthetists

Here’s the map that shows the salary averages based on cities and their surrounding metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. The white (blank) areas represent areas for which no salary data is available, and unfortunately, it there is not as much data as compared to the RN city salary averages.

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Highest and Lowest Paying Cities for CRNAs

The highest paying city or metropolitan area was the Capital/Northern New York non-metropolitan area, which paid an average salary of $284,660 and an hourly wage of $136.86. Duluth, MN-WI was the second highest paying area, offering CRNAs an average salary of $271,940 and an hourly wage of $130.74.

The lowest paying area for CRNAs was the South Central, Tennessee non-metropolitan area, which paid an average salary of $126,530 and an average hourly wage of $60.83. Chattanooga, TN-GA area was next, offering CRNAs an average salary of $133,190 and hourly wage of $64.03. You can also view our article with the complete list of CRNA city salary data.

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Nurse Anesthetist Salary for All Reported Cities (Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Areas)

Below is the complete list of salary, employment, and hourly wage data from nurse anesthetists in all reported cities and their surrounding metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. This is sorted from highest to lowest, but some data is only partially available for certain areas.

Area Employment Hourly Wage Salary
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL 40            –            –
Carbondale-Marion, IL 60            –            –
Longview, TX 50            –            –
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 360            –            –
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area 40 $136.86 $284,660
Duluth, MN-WI 50 $130.74 $271,940
Ann Arbor, MI 260 $126.39 $262,890
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area            – $123.19 $256,230
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area            – $120.70 $251,060
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area 40 $118.76 $247,020
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area 110 $118.15 $245,750
Green Bay, WI 70 $114.97 $239,140
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 90 $114.65 $238,470
Springfield, IL 170 $113.39 $235,860
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area 40 $112.44 $233,870
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area 70 $111.46 $231,840
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 180 $109.98 $228,750
Fayetteville, NC 40 $109.27 $227,280
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 150 $108.15 $224,950
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 260 $107.79 $224,210
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 730 $107.16 $222,900
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area 40 $105.77 $219,990
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT            – $105.22 $218,870
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 1,660 $104.99 $218,380
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area 80 $103.92 $216,160
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area 40 $103.87 $216,050
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area            – $103.38 $215,040
Rochester, MN            – $102.76 $213,750
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 850 $102.68 $213,570
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area 60 $102.47 $213,140
Canton-Massillon, OH 70 $101.74 $211,620
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 80 $101.36 $210,830
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area            – $100.28 $208,570
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area            – $100.19 $208,390
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area 30 $100.19 $208,390
Columbus, OH 600 $99.97 $207,930
Morgantown, WV            – $99.94 $207,870
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area            – $99.91 $207,810
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 80 $99.48 $206,920
Rochester, NY 100 $98.55 $204,990
Birmingham-Hoover, AL            – $98.43 $204,740
Portland-South Portland, ME 140 $98.11 $204,080
Madison, WI 90 $97.61 $203,020
Champaign-Urbana, IL            – $97.32 $202,420
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area 30 $97.29 $202,370
Urban Honolulu, HI            – $97.08 $201,930
Kansas nonmetropolitan area 40 $96.73 $201,200
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area 50 $96.68 $201,090
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area 50 $96.43 $200,570
Fargo, ND-MN 80 $95.62 $198,890
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 570 $94.87 $197,320
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area 70 $94.78 $197,150
Pittsburgh, PA 200 $94.15 $195,830
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA            – $93.99 $195,510
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 160 $93.84 $195,190
Sioux Falls, SD 200 $93.78 $195,070
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 1,350 $93.61 $194,710
Columbia, MO 90 $93.59 $194,660
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH 180 $93.46 $194,400
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 1,740 $93.05 $193,540
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area 50 $92.30 $191,980
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 30 $92.12 $191,610
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area            – $92.04 $191,430
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area            – $91.89 $191,130
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area 40 $91.53 $190,370
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 320 $91.50 $190,320
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area            – $91.48 $190,270
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area 40 $91.00 $189,280
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 170 $90.50 $188,240
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area            – $90.09 $187,380
Dayton, OH            – $89.73 $186,640
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 500 $89.67 $186,520
Bismarck, ND            – $89.64 $186,460
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 1,010 $89.38 $185,910
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA            – $89.20 $185,540
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC            – $88.99 $185,090
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 120 $88.68 $184,460
Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA            – $87.98 $182,990
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 170 $87.66 $182,330
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area            – $87.62 $182,250
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area            – $87.43 $181,850
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 180 $87.41 $181,810
Tuscaloosa, AL 60 $87.14 $181,250
Richmond, VA 160 $86.58 $180,090
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area            – $86.51 $179,940
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area 90 $86.23 $179,350
Knoxville, TN            – $86.22 $179,330
Jackson, TN 90 $85.99 $178,860
Lake Charles, LA 60 $85.92 $178,710
Lexington-Fayette, KY            – $85.62 $178,080
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 750 $85.60 $178,050
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ            – $85.28 $177,380
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 70 $84.45 $175,650
Gainesville, FL            – $84.41 $175,580
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 1,060 $84.40 $175,560
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 260 $84.37 $175,480
Hammond, LA 30 $84.25 $175,250
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area 70 $84.14 $175,010
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 480 $83.91 $174,540
Kansas City, MO-KS 520 $83.89 $174,490
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 130 $83.25 $173,160
Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN            – $83.16 $172,970
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH            – $82.90 $172,440
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS 60 $82.61 $171,840
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area            – $82.45 $171,500
St. Louis, MO-IL 340 $82.15 $170,870
Raleigh, NC 610 $81.29 $169,080
Jacksonville, FL 300 $81.27 $169,040
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 610 $81.18 $168,850
Cleveland-Elyria, OH 760 $81.02 $168,520
Tulsa, OK 230 $80.55 $167,550
Colorado Springs, CO            – $80.01 $166,420
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR            – $79.39 $165,130
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC            – $79.07 $164,470
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 190 $78.83 $163,970
Mansfield, OH            – $78.75 $163,790
Syracuse, NY 80 $78.68 $163,650
Wichita, KS            – $78.64 $163,570
Killeen-Temple, TX 130 $78.34 $162,950
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area 30 $77.93 $162,090
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 510 $77.34 $160,880
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL            – $76.66 $159,460
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 310 $76.50 $159,130
Huntsville, AL 300 $76.43 $158,970
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area            – $76.01 $158,110
Asheville, NC 150 $75.91 $157,890
New Orleans-Metairie, LA 370 $75.78 $157,610
Albuquerque, NM 140 $75.24 $156,500
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL            – $75.11 $156,220
Mobile, AL 140 $74.15 $154,230
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 160 $72.35 $150,480
Boise City, ID            – $72.16 $150,080
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area            – $71.54 $148,800
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN            – $71.53 $148,780
Tallahassee, FL 160 $71.29 $148,290
Houma-Thibodaux, LA 50 $68.92 $143,360
Lafayette, LA            – $66.93 $139,220
Dothan, AL            – $64.89 $134,980
Chattanooga, TN-GA 60 $64.03 $133,190
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area            – $60.83 $126,530
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR 230 $27.65 $57,510

Data Sources:

  • Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Nurse Anesthetists, May 2020 [www.bls.gov/]
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2020 OEWS Maps, Employment of Nurse Anesthetists, by state, May 2020, accessed 08/25/2021, [https://www.bls.gov/]

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