Anesthesiology
Physiology in real time: airway, hemodynamics, and analgesia managed minute to minute, almost entirely in the operating room and on procedural floors.
Among the 31 specialties
Each rail below carries one mark per specialty, placed by its true value. Anesthesiology’s marks are joined by the thread — its shape is what makes this specialty unlike the others.
- Training length
- Training length: 4 years. Longer than 12 of the 30 specialties reporting; shorter than 9. Reported range across specialties: 2 years to 7 years.
- Interviews per position
- Interviews per position: 2.8×. More than 10 of the 28 specialties reporting; fewer than 17. Reported range across specialties: 1.0× to 5.0×.
- Residents in training
- Residents in training: 9,304. More than 23 of the 30 specialties reporting; fewer than 6. Reported range across specialties: 99 to 40,131.
- Programs
- Programs: 194. More than 20 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 10. Reported range across specialties: 5 to 820.
- States and territories
- States and territories: 45. More than 20 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 9. Reported range across specialties: 4 to 52.
- Starting salary
- Starting salary: $69K. Higher than 18 of the 28 specialties reporting; lower than 9. Reported range across specialties: $60K to $73K.
Every accredited program
Grouped by state, alphabetical within each. We don’t rank programs.
194 programs across 45 states
Alabama2
84 positions
Mobile
12 positions
Arizona4
40 positions
21 positions
40 positions
45 positions
Arkansas1
56 positions
California19
20 positions
Los Angeles
68 positions
Riverside
32 positions
HCA Healthcare/Los Robles Regional Medical Center
Thousand Oaks
24 positions
24 positions
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles
40 positions
80 positions
36 positions
Naval Medical Center (San Diego)
San Diego
18 positions
Riverside University Health System
Moreno Valley
40 positions
Stockton
24 positions
98 positions
40 positions
116 positions
60 positions
48 positions
University of California (San Francisco)
San Francisco
96 positions
University of California Davis Health
Sacramento
80 positions
72 positions
Colorado2
HCA HealthOne/Swedish Medical Center
Englewood
16 positions
Aurora
75 positions
Connecticut3
12 positions
Farmington
52 positions
New Haven
92 positions
Delaware1
24 positions
District of Columbia2
Washington
38 positions
MedStar Health Georgetown University
Washington
48 positions
Florida14
Orlando
24 positions
18 positions
24 positions
18 positions
15 positions
24 positions
18 positions
Memorial Healthcare System, Hollywood, Florida
Pembroke Pines
12 positions
Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc
Miami Beach
21 positions
27 positions
Gainesville
97 positions
16 positions
124 positions
48 positions
Georgia2
60 positions
Augusta
48 positions
Illinois8
32 positions
36 positions
52 positions
84 positions
80 positions
Chicago
78 positions
64 positions
32 positions
Indiana2
Ascension St. Vincent Hospital
Indianapolis
12 positions
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis
90 positions
Iowa1
60 positions
Kansas2
20 positions
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas City
56 positions
Kentucky2
72 positions
48 positions
Louisiana4
Louisiana State University (Shreveport)
Shreveport
32 positions
28 positions
New Orleans
60 positions
New Orleans
40 positions
Maine1
Portland
32 positions
Maryland4
Baltimore
114 positions
Bethesda
63 positions
Salisbury
16 positions
Baltimore
56 positions
Massachusetts9
88 positions
Boston Medical Center-Brighton
Brighton
36 positions
48 positions
Burlington
32 positions
128 positions
116 positions
Boston
48 positions
Springfield
44 positions
Worcester
44 positions
Michigan9
24 positions
49 positions
56 positions
Detroit
32 positions
24 positions
16 positions
12 positions
Ann Arbor
120 positions
18 positions
Minnesota2
75 positions
Minneapolis
40 positions
Mississippi1
40 positions
Missouri4
40 positions
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia
20 positions
32 positions
96 positions
Nebraska2
16 positions
56 positions
Nevada1
32 positions
New Hampshire1
40 positions
New Jersey8
40 positions
16 positions
24 positions
24 positions
52 positions
Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick
48 positions
24 positions
Voorhees Township
16 positions
New Mexico1
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque
40 positions
New York22
Albany
32 positions
72 positions
120 positions
16 positions
Brooklyn
44 positions
74 positions
24 positions
104 positions
86 positions
20 positions
9 positions
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York
108 positions
Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital
Stony Brook
48 positions
70 positions
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse
44 positions
Buffalo
48 positions
76 positions
Valhalla
52 positions
48 positions
18 positions
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Staten Island University Hospital
Staten Island, NY
12 positions
18 positions
North Carolina4
Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte
64 positions
Durham
60 positions
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Chapel Hill
64 positions
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem
64 positions
Ohio10
64 positions
Cleveland
120 positions
Cleveland Clinic Foundation/South Pointe Hospital
Warrensville Heights
12 positions
Dayton
12 positions
Ohio State University Hospital
Columbus
86 positions
Columbus
12 positions
30 positions
Cincinnati
24 positions
48 positions
Toledo
20 positions
Oklahoma2
12 positions
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City
64 positions
Oregon1
62 positions
Pennsylvania12
40 positions
Danville
24 positions
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Allentown
24 positions
76 positions
9 positions
60 positions
Philadelphia
44 positions
West Reading
24 positions
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia
100 positions
Pittsburgh
88 positions
12 positions
Wellspan Health
York
24 positions
Puerto Rico1
San Juan
16 positions
Rhode Island1
72 positions
South Carolina2
24 positions
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
72 positions
Tennessee3
12 positions
48 positions
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville
92 positions
Texas11
16 positions
Houston
74 positions
48 positions
40 positions
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
Fort Sam Houston
56 positions
20 positions
117 positions
24 positions
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
San Antonio
72 positions
80 positions
89 positions
Utah1
Salt Lake City
50 positions
Vermont1
University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington
24 positions
Virginia5
24 positions
Fredericksburg
24 positions
Naval Medical Center (Portsmouth)
Portsmouth
18 positions
University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville
70 positions
57 positions
Washington2
Seattle
112 positions
27 positions
West Virginia2
Marshall University School of Medicine
Huntington
16 positions
Morgantown
44 positions
Wisconsin2
88 positions
64 positions
What the sources report
Published by the bodies that collect them. Each figure carries the year it describes, which is not always the year it was published.
Most recent reported
- Anesthesiology gold program signals availableApplicants to participating Anesthesiology residency programs in the 2027 MyERAS season
- 5signalsAAMC, 2027 ERAS season
- Anesthesiology silver program signals availableApplicants to participating Anesthesiology residency programs in the 2027 MyERAS season
- 10signalsAAMC, 2027 ERAS season
- ACGME accredited program countAll programs on the official ACGME Anesthesiology roster
- 194programsACGME, 2026-2027
- Advanced Anesthesiology tracksAnesthesiology advanced tracks
- 59tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- Categorical Anesthesiology tracksAnesthesiology categorical tracks
- 206tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- NRMP live directory track countAnesthesiology tracks linked to the current ACGME roster
- 341tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- Reserved physician Anesthesiology tracksAnesthesiology reserved physician tracks
- 76tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- Anesthesiology PGY-1 position fill rateAnesthesiology PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 100%NRMP, 2026
- Anesthesiology PGY-1 positions filledAnesthesiology PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 1,865positionsNRMP, 2026
- Anesthesiology PGY-1 positions offeredAnesthesiology PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 1,865positionsNRMP, 2026
- Anesthesiology PGY-1 positions unfilled after the matching algorithmAnesthesiology PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 0positionsNRMP, 2026
- Anesthesiology PGY-1 programs participating in the 2026 MatchAnesthesiology PGY-1 programs in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 200programsNRMP, 2026
- Anesthesiology PGY-2 programs participating in the 2026 MatchAnesthesiology advanced PGY-2 programs in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 50programsNRMP, 2026
- Anesthesiology physician-reserved programs participating in the 2026 MatchAnesthesiology Physician (R) programs in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 54programsNRMP, 2026
- Applicants ranking at least one Anesthesiology PGY-1 programAll applicants who ranked at least one Anesthesiology PGY-1 program in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 3,063applicantsNRMP, 2026
- U.S. MD senior preferred-specialty match rate for AnesthesiologyU.S. MD seniors who preferred Anesthesiology in the 2024 Main Residency Match
- 85.2%NRMP, 2024
- USMLE Step 2 CK mean for U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred Anesthesiology specialtyConsenting U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred Anesthesiology specialty (n=1,136)
- 252pointsNRMP, 2024
- USMLE Step 2 CK mean for U.S. MD seniors not matched to preferred Anesthesiology specialtyConsenting U.S. MD seniors not matched to preferred Anesthesiology specialty (n=191)
- 240pointsNRMP, 2024
How each measure is made
- Training length
- Most common accredited length across programs in this specialty.
- Residents in training
- Total approved positions across all training years, summed across programs.
- Programs
- Accredited programs currently published in our directory.
- States and territories
- Distinct states with at least one published program.
- Starting salary
- Median first-year resident salary across programs. Resident pay, not attending pay.
- Interviews per position
- Median interviews a program conducts for each position it offers.