BLS metro-level wage data places Anesthesiologists pay in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI at a median of $228,760 per year ($109.98/hr/hour), drawn from the OEWS May 2025 release for this Metropolitan Statistical Area. Compared to the national median of $391,490, Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood pays 42% below, which typically tracks with a lower local cost of living or smaller specialized-employer cluster. Approximately 270 anesthesiologistss are employed across the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood MSA in SOC 29-1211.

Full percentile-band wage data is not published for this occupation-metro combination, typically because BLS suppresses detailed breakdowns when the metro employment count is small enough to risk identifying individual employers.

Metro figures capture where you actually work, not just where you live — which matters for commuters. BLS draws metro boundaries from the OMB MSA definitions, so Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI covers the central city plus outlying counties tied to the metro economically. Remember that OEWS wages reflect base pay only: employer-provided health insurance, retirement matches, stock options, signing bonuses, overtime, and tips are excluded and can add 20-40% to real total compensation. Before using this metro median as a negotiation anchor, triangulate against the same occupation's national profile (linked below), its state-wide MI data, and peer-metro comparisons — a median is a starting point, not a ceiling.