Whats the highest paid salary you've seen for a new-5 year experience CRNA? Do you all think the market will bring down the salaries soon when it becomes saturated with MDAs and CRNAs? or will it ever be saturated?
lgcv 138 Posts Jun 14, 2002 $235,000. No the salaries will not go down, but if the market becomes saturated the salaries will become stagnant until the next shortage.
meandragonbrett 2,438 Posts Jun 14, 2002 What area is that salary from?J\W I don't think the market will become saturated anytime soon b\c the "Baby boomers" are getting older and the number of cases are rising monthly. Brett
Jimz31 12 Posts Jun 15, 2002 Awesome site, glad that I found it...I came upon an article written by Deborah A. Chambers, the President of the AANA. In the article, she states that the average age of a practicing CRNA is between 45-49 years of age, with those over 45 comprising 60% of the total workforce. About 38% of this active CRNA workforce will be eligible for retirement in the next 5 years, aggravating the current shortage of nurse anesthetists.It was an article she wrote trying to get more funding for Anesthetist programs I believe...it was pretty interesting.I don't see this field becoming saturated anytime soon, and with the baby-boomers getting older, I would think that there would be an even greater need for CRNA's....at least that is what I am hoping.
