Anesthesia PhysEmp Salary Report: March 2026
An hourly anesthesia position in Plattsburgh, New York is currently offering up to $600 per hour, which annualizes to $1,248,000 — more than the Medical Director role in Beaumont, Texas, and roughly five times what a South Dakota anesthesiologist might earn for doing the exact same thing.
H-1B Fee Fight Reveals Physician Pipeline Crisis
Bipartisan legislation to exempt physicians from a proposed $100,000 H-1B visa fee reveals the U.S. healthcare system’s structural dependence on international medical graduates. This policy debate exposes workforce pipeline vulnerabilities that will shape physician recruiting leverage, compensation pressure, and labor market dynamics for decades.