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Vet Assistants

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 75,000 vet assistants in the United States. Unemployment for this occupation is low when compared to other careers.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

23% of employees work on a part-time basis. 3% of the time, people working as vet assistants are their own boss.

Training and Education

If you want to pursue this career, you will benefit from having short-term on-the-job training. The percentage of employees with a 4 year degree is 10%. According to 2008 data 59% of vet assistants have attended college, but do not have a degree. Among workers, 31% have a high-school diploma, but no college education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs for this occupation are most common in Blacksburg (Virginia), Raleigh (North Carolina), and Billings (Montana), but are rarer in Charlotte (North Carolina), Providence (Rhode Island), and Denver (Colorado).

Vet assistants are paid comparatively more in New Haven (Connecticut), Boston (Massachusetts), and Bethesda (Maryland) and comparatively less in Las Cruces (New Mexico), Shreveport (Louisiana), and Midland (Texas).

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Vet Assistants: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Vet Assistants, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Vet Assistants are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Vet Assistants are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAuburn70$19,560 3.7
AlabamaBirmingham480$21,7901.9
AlabamaDecatur40$20,0301.7
AlabamaHuntsville120$17,7601.2
AlabamaMobile110$19,9101.3
AlabamaMontgomery170$19,960 2.1
AlaskaAnchorage40$24,8900.5
ArizonaFlagstaff30$20,6701.3
ArizonaKingman80$18,830 3.7
ArizonaPhoenix590$21,2900.7
ArizonaTucson330$19,5201.9
ArkansasFayetteville220$21,790 2.4
ArkansasFort Smith90$18,4001.7
ArkansasHot Springs40$22,290 2.6
ArkansasLittle Rock260$18,8601.6
CaliforniaBakersfield140$19,2501.1
CaliforniaChico110$22,510 3.6
CaliforniaFresno220$22,6301.4
CaliforniaModesto110$24,2901.4
CaliforniaNapa30$20,9101.1
CaliforniaOakland520$26,4601
CaliforniaRedding40$20,0301.4
CaliforniaRiverside680$26,4801.1
CaliforniaSacramento530$24,4001.2
CaliforniaSalinas50$30,8300.7
CaliforniaSan Diego1,160 1.8
CaliforniaSan Francisco520$33,6601.1
CaliforniaSan Jose370$29,6800.8
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo140$22,460 3.1
CaliforniaSanta Ana650$21,9700.9
CaliforniaSanta Barbara180$25,640 2.3
CaliforniaSanta Cruz100$29,170 2.6
CaliforniaSanta Rosa140$27,0101.6
CaliforniaStockton90$26,0600.9
CaliforniaVallejo110$24,0902
CaliforniaVisalia50$24,9600.8
ColoradoDenver240$21,9900.4
ConnecticutBridgeport340$27,8301.6
ConnecticutHartford340$24,6001.2
ConnecticutNew Haven180$33,6001.4
DelawareDover50$22,250 2.1
DelawareWilmington180$23,7601.1
District of ColumbiaWashington1,880$24,2001.7
FloridaCape Coral140$23,0201.4
FloridaDeltona90$19,7101.3
FloridaFort Lauderdale350$19,3601
FloridaFort Walton Beach40$25,3101.2
FloridaGainesville110$18,010 2.1
FloridaJacksonville340$21,3501.2
FloridaMiami300$20,3800.6
FloridaNaples80$19,9901.5
FloridaOcala130$18,990 3.1
FloridaOrlando540$19,4501.1
FloridaPalm Bay110$20,2701.2
FloridaPensacola170$19,940 2.5
FloridaPort St Lucie80$22,1701.4
FloridaPunta Gorda40$20,280 2.5
FloridaSarasota210$19,9101.7
FloridaSebastian50$18,860 2.5
FloridaTallahassee120$18,2701.6
FloridaTampa860$20,2901.5
FloridaWest Palm Beach270$21,0201
GeorgiaAthens90$23,150 2.7
HawaiiHonolulu170$22,4800.8
IdahoBoise150$21,4901.2
IllinoisBloomington30$25,3501
IllinoisChampaign90$20,650 2.2
IllinoisChicago1,570$24,6400.8
IllinoisRockford50$18,1400.7
IllinoisSpringfield70$26,4701.5
IndianaAnderson50$24,030 3.1
IndianaBloomington50$19,6401.7
IndianaEvansville80$20,9001
IndianaFort Wayne70$21,1800.7
IndianaGary210$18,9001.6
IndianaIndianapolis520$22,9601.2
IndianaLafayette110$23,770 3.3
IndianaMuncie40$18,070 2.1
IndianaSouth Bend130$21,810 2.1
IndianaTerre Haute30$18,5301
IowaDavenport140$19,0901.6
IowaDes Moines130$19,7400.8
KansasLawrence40$20,770 2.1
KansasTopeka130$19,300 2.6
KansasWichita210$18,0201.4
KentuckyLexington210$20,9201.8
KentuckyLouisville250$20,5900.8
LouisianaBaton Rouge280$20,5701.6
LouisianaLafayette100$24,1501.5
LouisianaLake Charles50$18,4801.3
LouisianaMonroe60$19,8101.7
LouisianaNew Orleans480$24,1702
LouisianaShreveport200$18,040 2.5
MainePortland100$25,8101.1
MarylandBaltimore1,500$24,590 2.4
MarylandBethesda630$32,360 2.3
MarylandCumberland50$16,540 3.5
MarylandHagerstown40$19,4600.9
MassachusettsBarnstable Town60$25,6901.3
MassachusettsBoston820$31,9401
MassachusettsHaverhill30$26,0200.9
MassachusettsLawrence30$24,6501.2
MassachusettsLeominster30$23,0401.4
MassachusettsLowell70$27,6701.3
MassachusettsNew Bedford40$30,3701.4
MassachusettsSpringfield130$23,8300.9
MichiganAnn Arbor80$24,2201
MichiganBattle Creek30$24,5001.5
MichiganDetroit550$25,3101.6
MichiganFlint70$22,4101.1
MichiganGrand Rapids120$21,8200.7
MichiganHolland40$25,2600.9
MichiganJackson30$18,9701.4
MichiganKalamazoo100$23,4401.6
MichiganLansing170$19,4901.9
MichiganMonroe30$22,1501.9
MichiganNiles50$22,7401.9
MichiganSaginaw50$25,1701.5
MichiganWarren740$21,9401.3
MinnesotaDuluth70$23,2401.2
MinnesotaMinneapolis780$22,5800.9
MinnesotaRochester30$23,6900.7
MississippiJackson150$20,1801.3
MississippiPascagoula40$20,540 2
MissouriColumbia50$21,5401.4
MissouriJefferson City40$22,2401.3
MissouriKansas City660$20,3501.3
MissouriSt Louis1,280$20,1501.9
MontanaBillings140$21,440 3.9
MontanaGreat Falls40$20,650 2.9
MontanaMissoula30$20,8701.4
NevadaLas Vegas480$21,4301.1
NevadaReno60$18,3700.6
New HampshireManchester40$22,1300.8
New HampshireNashua40$18,9400.6
New JerseyAtlantic City40$19,9700.6
New JerseyCamden270$21,7701.1
New JerseyEdison340$21,5400.7
New JerseyNewark370$21,8300.8
New JerseyOcean City40$19,390 2.3
New JerseyTrenton90$23,7300.9
New JerseyVineland30$22,4301.2
New MexicoAlbuquerque360$25,8401.9
New MexicoFarmington40$21,4701.8
New MexicoLas Cruces80$16,910 3
New MexicoSanta Fe50$27,2501.8
New YorkBinghamton60$20,1101.3
New YorkIthaca40$29,140 2.3
New YorkKingston30$23,4001.2
New YorkNassau620$25,6601
New YorkNew York1,410$27,6200.6
New YorkPoughkeepsie290$24,050 2.6
New YorkRochester170$24,8000.7
New YorkUtica40$23,9200.7
North CarolinaAsheville230$24,890 2.8
North CarolinaBurlington40$23,0301.6
North CarolinaCharlotte200$21,9100.5
North CarolinaDurham290$23,520 2.2
North CarolinaFayetteville80$19,5801.4
North CarolinaGoldsboro40$17,650 2.6
North CarolinaGreensboro170$24,3201
North CarolinaHickory50$20,9400.7
North CarolinaRaleigh1,040$21,580 4.2
North CarolinaWilmington60$19,5800.9
North CarolinaWinston Salem190$22,0701.9
OhioAkron330$26,510 2.1
OhioCincinnati440$23,6800.9
OhioCleveland470$21,4100.9
OhioColumbus290$24,1500.6
OhioToledo120$19,5700.8
OklahomaLawton40$17,660 2.7
OregonBend40$25,2601.3
OregonEugene200$23,550 2.9
OregonMedford80$23,770 2.1
OregonPortland650$22,9701.3
OregonSalem100$23,5401.4
PennsylvaniaAllentown160$21,2801
PennsylvaniaErie70$20,5501.2
PennsylvaniaLancaster150$21,5701.4
PennsylvaniaLebanon40$28,940 2.1
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia940$24,5501
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh460$25,4100.8
PennsylvaniaReading70$22,3600.9
PennsylvaniaState College70$28,560 2.9
Rhode IslandProvidence110$24,9300.4
South CarolinaCharleston170$18,8701.2
South CarolinaGreenville250$20,5501.7
South CarolinaSpartanburg50$20,5500.9
South DakotaSioux Falls30$19,5000.5
TennesseeClarksville80$16,460 2.4
TennesseeJackson50$22,410 2
TennesseeJohnson City50$19,1101.5
TennesseeKingsport80$18,4001.5
TennesseeKnoxville220$21,6101.4
TennesseeMemphis340$20,1801.1
TennesseeMorristown50$18,070 2.6
TennesseeNashville270$20,6200.7
TexasAustin460$21,1901.2
TexasCorpus Christi70$17,0200.9
TexasDallas520$19,7300.5
TexasFort Worth230$18,9800.6
TexasHouston1,340$20,4401.1
TexasKilleen90$18,2601.7
TexasMidland40$15,4201.4
TexasSan Antonio550$19,8001.3
TexasWaco40$18,8100.9
UtahOgden70$21,3500.8
UtahProvo80$20,2701
UtahSalt Lake City180$18,8800.6
VermontBurlington40$22,6700.8
VirginiaBlacksburg120$26,240 4.6
VirginiaCharlottesville90$21,320 2.2
VirginiaLynchburg170$20,420 3.8
VirginiaRichmond820$22,150 2.8
VirginiaRoanoke150$18,390 2.1
VirginiaVirginia Beach380$20,3101
VirginiaWinchester80$23,040 3.6
WashingtonBellingham70$22,090 2
WashingtonBremerton50$21,4801.4
WashingtonKennewick70$22,2501.8
WashingtonMount Vernon30$26,4001.6
WashingtonOlympia70$22,5201.7
WashingtonSeattle820$25,6801.2
WashingtonSpokane260$21,750 2.7
WashingtonTacoma140$20,3901.1
WashingtonYakima50$23,5101.4
West VirginiaCharleston90$18,7601.4
West VirginiaHuntington110$19,700 2.2
West VirginiaWheeling60$25,850 2.2
WisconsinAppleton70$21,8301.4
WisconsinJanesville50$22,6401.8
WisconsinLa Crosse30$19,4701
WisconsinMilwaukee370$20,7500.9
WisconsinOshkosh40$19,9001.1
WisconsinRacine80$23,060 2.4
WisconsinSheboygan50$20,760 2.1
 

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