Nurse Anesthetists Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $287K, rent takes 8.8% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,407/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new nurse anesthetists typically earn — is $103K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $6,209/month. At HUD’s $1,407/month FMR, rent would take 23% of that take-home — manageable on an entry-level income.

Local pay is 21% above the national median — $287K here vs. $237K nationally.

Illinois pays $287K median vs. the U.S. average of $237K — that’s +21%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 93.85), the purchasing-power equivalent is $306K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $286,830 a year, that works out to about $138 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $103,490, and experienced nurse anesthetists can clear $335,610. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $16,007/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,407/month, which eats 8.8% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Illinois has a Regional Price Parity of 93.85 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median nurse anesthetists salary is worth about $305,626 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.