Home / Apprenticeships / Occupations / Anesthesiologist Assistants
Anesthesiologist Assistants: apprenticeship hours and pay
O*NET-SOC 29-1071.01 · BLS: Physician Assistants
Approved apprenticeship titles
One apprenticeship title on the Department of Labor's approved list fall under Anesthesiologist Assistants, trained competency-based, hybrid, time-based. The shortest approved term is 4,000 hours, for Anesthesia Technologist (competency-based).
| Title | RAPIDS code | Approach and term |
|---|---|---|
| Anesthesia Technologist | 3084 | Competency-Based: 4,000 hours Hybrid: 4,000 to 6,000 hours Time-Based: 4,000 hours |
Time-based programs count hours on the job; competency-based programs move on when the apprentice shows the skills; hybrid programs use both, within a range of hours (29 CFR 29.5(b)(2)). Each registered program sets its own term inside what the approved title allows.
What anesthesiologist assistants earn, by state
New Jersey has the highest state median for anesthesiologist assistants ($165,690) and Alabama the lowest ($104,960), across the 51 states with a published figure.
| State | Median pay | Hourly | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | $165,690 | $79.66 | 4,790 |
| California | $165,650 | $79.64 | 13,600 |
| Washington | $164,360 | $79.02 | 3,540 |
| Hawaii | $164,050 | $78.87 | 530 |
| New York | $160,880 | $77.35 | 19,140 |
| Oregon | $155,780 | $74.89 | 2,250 |
| New Hampshire | $150,960 | $72.58 | 1,060 |
| Alaska | $150,700 | $72.45 | 700 |
| Vermont | $150,490 | $72.35 | 410 |
| Massachusetts | $142,410 | $68.47 | 4,470 |
| Montana | $141,470 | $68.02 | 600 |
| Minnesota | $141,190 | $67.88 | 3,660 |
| Rhode Island | $139,930 | $67.27 | 810 |
| New Mexico | $139,920 | $67.27 | 700 |
| Connecticut | $139,860 | $67.24 | 3,570 |
| Delaware | $139,350 | $67.00 | 860 |
| Maryland | $137,560 | $66.13 | 2,950 |
| Oklahoma | $136,550 | $65.65 | 1,770 |
| Wyoming | $136,080 | $65.42 | 330 |
| Virginia | $135,940 | $65.36 | 4,340 |
| District of Columbia | $135,140 | $64.97 | 470 |
| Missouri | $135,130 | $64.96 | 2,300 |
| Iowa | $134,770 | $64.79 | 1,200 |
| Utah | $134,740 | $64.78 | 1,610 |
| Nevada | $134,660 | $64.74 | 1,090 |
| Arizona | $134,650 | $64.73 | 3,750 |
| Texas | $134,550 | $64.69 | 10,110 |
| Colorado | $134,540 | $64.68 | 3,270 |
| Wisconsin | $133,950 | $64.40 | 3,580 |
| Idaho | $133,790 | $64.32 | 1,320 |
| North Dakota | $133,450 | $64.16 | 510 |
| South Dakota | $133,200 | $64.04 | 680 |
| Nebraska | $133,040 | $63.96 | 1,330 |
| Ohio | $132,090 | $63.51 | 4,900 |
| Indiana | $132,050 | $63.49 | 2,110 |
| Illinois | $131,950 | $63.44 | 3,790 |
| Michigan | $131,510 | $63.23 | 6,310 |
| Maine | $131,170 | $63.06 | 1,030 |
| Florida | $129,620 | $62.32 | 9,310 |
| North Carolina | $129,360 | $62.19 | 7,490 |
| Louisiana | $128,870 | $61.96 | 1,360 |
| West Virginia | $128,610 | $61.83 | 1,080 |
| Pennsylvania | $127,070 | $61.09 | 9,020 |
| Kansas | $125,640 | $60.41 | 890 |
| South Carolina | $122,490 | $58.89 | 2,250 |
| Kentucky | $120,760 | $58.06 | 1,360 |
| Arkansas | $118,430 | $56.94 | 850 |
| Tennessee | $118,240 | $56.85 | 2,240 |
| Georgia | $115,390 | $55.48 | 5,610 |
| Mississippi | $105,920 | $50.92 | 320 |
| Alabama | $104,960 | $50.46 | 930 |
Finding a program
The public sponsor file names the organizations that run registered apprenticeships but not the occupations each one trains, so this guide names no sponsor. Search apprenticeship.gov's Apprenticeship Finder for this title, or ask your American Job Center which local programs train it.
Apprenticeship sponsors by state (25,633) · All approved occupations
Sources: apprenticeship.gov approved occupations list (Last-Modified October 8, 2026); BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (all industries; blanks are figures BLS does not publish).