Veterinary Assistant Salaries in the United States
How much does a Veterinary Assistant make in the United States?
Veterinary Assistants earn $24,000 annually on average, or $12 per hour, which is 93% less than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid Veterinary Assistants work for Carrington College at $36,000 annually while the lowest paid Veterinary Assistants work for Cherry Hill Animal Hospital earning approximately $17,000 each year.
Submit a Salary$27K Pet Vet Care Centers' Average Veterinary Assistant Salary (1 salaries)
+$3K (11%) more than national average Veterinary Assistant salary ($24K)
Equal to average Pet Vet Care Centers salary ($27K)
Equal to average Pet Vet Care Centers Veterinary Assistant salary ($27K)
"I started at 11.50 and got to a top salary of 13 and have not gotten a raise since"
$27K Irvine Pet Complex's Average Veterinary Assistant Salary (1 salaries)
+$3K (11%) more than national average Veterinary Assistant salary ($24K)
Equal to average Irvine Pet Complex salary ($27K)
Equal to average Irvine Pet Complex Veterinary Assistant salary ($27K)
"The pay is about right for the kind of work we do as animal attendants. Some places pay more."
$23K Golden Oaks Veterinary Hospital's Average Veterinary Assistant Salary (1 salaries)
-$1K (4%) less than national average Veterinary Assistant salary ($24K)
Equal to average Golden Oaks Veterinary Hospital salary ($23K)
Equal to average Golden Oaks Veterinary Hospital Veterinary Assistant salary ($23K)
"It is a lot lower than all of my other graduating classmates, but I love what I do and I love everyone at my job. Life should not just be about money, but being happy with what ' doing for a living."
$20K Northside Hospital's Average Veterinary Assistant Salary (1 salaries)
-$4K (18%) less than national average Veterinary Assistant salary ($24K)
-$22K (70%) less than average Northside Hospital salary ($42K)
Equal to average Northside Hospital Veterinary Assistant salary ($20K)
"We are small company, so bigger companies pay more, they have more staff"
$20K Scaredy Cat Hospital's Average Veterinary Assistant Salary (1 salaries)
-$4K (18%) less than national average Veterinary Assistant salary ($24K)
Equal to average Scaredy Cat Hospital salary ($20K)
Equal to average Scaredy Cat Hospital Veterinary Assistant salary ($20K)
"Working at the scaredy cat Hospital as far as the pay goes, I earned quarterly raises. Although this is amazing, the pay was still just not enough. Not only for the work that we were doing but mainly because the cost-of-living is a lot more demanding than the salary provided."
$19K Cummings Veterinary Hospital's Average Veterinary Assistant Salary (1 salaries)
-$5K (23%) less than national average Veterinary Assistant salary ($24K)
Equal to average Cummings Veterinary Hospital salary ($19K)
Equal to average Cummings Veterinary Hospital Veterinary Assistant salary ($19K)
"It is around average."
$25K Banfield Pet Hospital's Average Veterinary Assistant Salary (4 salaries)
+$1K (4%) more than national average Veterinary Assistant salary ($24K)
-$3K (11%) less than average Banfield Pet Hospital salary ($28K)
+$5K (18%) more than average Banfield Pet Hospital Veterinary Assistant salary ($25K)
-$7K (32%) less than average Banfield Pet Hospital Veterinary Assistant salary ($25K)
-$13K (70%) less than average Banfield Pet Hospital Veterinary Assistant salary ($25K)
$35K Pima Medical Institute's Average Veterinary Assistant Salary (3 salaries)
+$11K (37%) more than national average Veterinary Assistant salary ($24K)
+$1K (2%) more than average Pima Medical Institute salary ($34K)
-$5K (15%) less than average Pima Medical Institute Veterinary Assistant salary ($35K)
+$1K (2%) more than average Pima Medical Institute Veterinary Assistant salary ($35K)
+$3K (8%) more than average Pima Medical Institute Veterinary Assistant salary ($35K)
$30K East Side Animal Hospital's Average Veterinary Assistant Salary (3 salaries)
+$6K (22%) more than national average Veterinary Assistant salary ($24K)
+$12K (50%) more than average East Side Animal Hospital salary ($18K)
+$10K (28%) more than average East Side Animal Hospital Veterinary Assistant salary ($30K)
-$14K (60%) less than average East Side Animal Hospital Veterinary Assistant salary ($30K)
-$10K (40%) less than average East Side Animal Hospital Veterinary Assistant salary ($30K)
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