Animal Caretakers Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Animal Caretakers positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$33,470

National average

Salary Range

$24,500 – $46,480

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Animal Caretakers Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$49,980$22,490$62,400
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$43,670$38,610$59,110
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$42,590$37,330$55,650
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$39,460$36,780$61,770
Napa, CA$38,770$35,610$50,940
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$38,420$30,650$54,400
Washington$38,400$34,820$58,290
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$38,210$34,460$49,350
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$37,990$35,220$52,420
District of Columbia$37,980$35,360$48,140
Salinas, CA$37,920$35,720$59,470
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$37,650$35,470$50,700
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$37,600$33,860$51,480
Kennewick-Richland, WA$37,500$34,100$57,080
Vallejo, CA$37,430$35,450$49,840
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$37,420$32,640$57,150
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$37,380$33,660$47,860
Barnstable Town, MA$37,280$35,270$46,480
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$37,280$35,160$47,770
Yuba City, CA$37,250$34,470$57,970
California$37,200$34,420$48,150
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$37,180$31,930$46,130
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$37,150$34,810$47,580
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$37,120$32,060$45,340
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$37,110$34,030$57,140
Ames, IA$37,050$22,330$54,890
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$36,930$35,380$48,220
Massachusetts$36,910$32,050$45,490
Bellingham, WA$36,890$34,530$56,290
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$36,850$34,560$47,690
Portland-South Portland, ME$36,820$32,030$49,040
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$36,780$31,940$45,900
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$36,730$33,800$47,340
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$36,670$32,020$50,340
Flagstaff, AZ$36,550$31,550$43,010
New York$36,500$31,390$48,270
Rochester, MN$36,470$30,310$46,240
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$36,460$35,070$48,380
Bozeman, MT$36,420$28,370$49,410
Modesto, CA$36,400$35,020$47,280
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$36,340$34,000$56,310
Connecticut$36,330$32,640$52,060
Maine$36,310$30,680$47,880
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$36,300$31,640$47,400
Fairbanks-College, AK$36,280$30,390$48,680
Ithaca, NY$36,220$31,260$45,490
Kingston, NY$36,140$31,200$46,730
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$36,100$31,640$44,430
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$36,090$33,770$47,020
Longview-Kelso, WA$36,080$33,860$57,500
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$36,050$33,830$46,020
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$36,040$33,860$55,430
Maryland$35,990$31,200$48,750
El Centro, CA$35,980$33,280$45,780
Worcester, MA$35,980$31,520$45,230
Merced, CA$35,880$34,100$47,350
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$35,870$26,260$54,170
Boulder, CO$35,850$31,490$57,120
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$35,830$30,370$61,320
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$35,820$33,520$47,770
Fresno, CA$35,790$33,280$46,630
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$35,760$29,920$48,590
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$35,720$31,060$52,820
Stockton-Lodi, CA$35,650$33,280$45,790
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$35,630$27,760$44,790
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$35,600$33,520$45,210
Vermont$35,600$30,920$44,430
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$35,600$32,640$50,690
Alaska$35,570$27,550$49,140
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$35,510$34,040$56,420
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$35,490$34,420$56,290
Pittsfield, MA$35,470$31,210$44,570
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$35,460$31,200$45,760
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$35,410$31,220$45,100
Santa Fe, NM$35,410$29,890$42,620
Springfield, MA$35,410$31,200$43,930
Anchorage, AK$35,380$27,550$49,120
Redding, CA$35,360$33,280$43,710
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$35,360$28,590$47,720
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$35,330$29,990$50,030
Oregon$35,310$30,890$44,710
Colorado$35,300$30,470$53,130
Visalia, CA$35,280$34,280$46,060
Yakima, WA$35,270$33,860$54,560
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$35,240$33,860$49,400
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$35,220$31,200$44,990
New Haven, CT$35,200$32,640$50,400
Arizona$35,170$30,860$45,070
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$35,130$30,090$45,050
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$35,090$29,370$49,690
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$35,080$32,640$58,650
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$35,070$27,280$44,690
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$35,060$32,640$49,310
Syracuse, NY$35,060$31,200$44,770
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$35,040$33,280$44,180
Bend, OR$35,000$31,280$48,000
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$34,980$31,200$47,010
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$34,950$31,470$49,410
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$34,930$30,520$44,970
Rhode Island$34,930$29,850$45,110
Glens Falls, NY$34,810$31,200$45,300
Salem, OR$34,760$31,100$43,030
Chico, CA$34,720$33,280$45,390
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$34,660$29,910$45,510
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$34,640$30,630$40,160
Corvallis, OR$34,630$30,300$42,010
Medford, OR$34,540$30,030$42,790
New Jersey$34,530$31,470$49,410
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$34,500$30,160$46,210
Tucson, AZ$34,490$30,100$41,850
Bangor, ME$34,450$30,030$46,080
Illinois$34,440$29,120$48,240
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$34,440$30,570$39,520
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$34,420$32,640$46,680
Hawaii$34,410$29,380$61,320
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$34,350$30,140$61,290
Utica-Rome, NY$34,340$31,200$42,990
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$34,320$30,680$45,270
Rochester, NY$34,260$31,200$43,890
Lexington Park, MD$34,260$31,200$50,330
Albany, OR$34,240$30,770$46,910
Billings, MT$34,190$27,780$47,130
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$34,150$31,470$47,730
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$34,080$29,990$50,030
Greeley, CO$34,010$30,180$59,990
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$33,960$25,160$57,610
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$33,930$31,200$45,110
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$33,920$22,860$47,810
Eugene-Springfield, OR$33,890$30,190$42,740
Minnesota$33,790$28,870$45,820
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$33,750$31,200$42,890
Colorado Springs, CO$33,690$30,380$64,370
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$33,630$27,570$49,170
Urban Honolulu, HI$33,520$29,120$59,900
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$33,520$29,990$46,300
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$33,520$29,010$48,270
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$33,440$29,850$35,360
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$33,430$29,230$47,420
Binghamton, NY$33,240$31,200$38,990
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$33,240$27,640$49,540
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$33,130$28,010$55,230
Naples-Marco Island, FL$33,100$28,140$45,120
Missoula, MT$33,020$28,550$46,370
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$32,860$29,010$47,540
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$32,830$29,730$44,250
Elmira, NY$32,820$31,200$42,760
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$32,780$31,200$41,450
Lewiston, ID-WA$32,740$28,630$35,860
Vineland, NJ$32,720$31,470$43,220
Grants Pass, OR$32,690$30,530$41,290
Cheyenne, WY$32,640$22,680$44,020
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$32,530$31,200$44,410
Montana$32,290$26,110$47,060
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$32,240$31,200$42,870
Iowa City, IA$32,050$22,060$54,940
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$32,050$30,800$42,730
Coeur d'Alene, ID$32,040$24,020$48,630
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$32,040$27,850$38,930
New Hampshire$32,030$26,820$47,570
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$31,910$29,850$37,330
Salisbury, MD$31,620$31,200$43,230
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$31,580$26,910$41,730
Utah$31,550$22,010$59,380
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$31,550$22,460$46,470
Helena, MT$31,510$24,810$42,070
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$31,510$23,830$45,470
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$31,470$22,430$46,280
Mankato, MN$31,460$29,410$37,700
Athens-Clarke County, GA$31,320$21,190$49,520
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$31,250$24,960$41,990
Reno, NV$31,200$27,780$47,380
Grand Junction, CO$31,200$29,990$50,070
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$31,200$28,570$43,440
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$31,110$29,850$39,420
St. Cloud, MN$31,100$22,760$47,730
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$31,080$24,370$38,990
Madison, WI$30,980$23,760$49,830
Duluth, MN-WI$30,940$23,810$42,640
Lancaster, PA$30,900$23,500$45,030
Ocala, FL$30,890$27,130$44,860
Great Falls, MT$30,890$24,790$47,530
Virginia$30,830$27,800$44,500
Pueblo, CO$30,810$29,990$60,200
Omaha, NE-IA$30,760$26,680$52,000
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$30,740$27,460$47,540
Boise City, ID$30,730$22,890$48,200
New Mexico$30,720$27,040$43,140
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$30,700$24,120$45,180
Columbus, OH$30,700$25,030$64,650
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$30,700$27,560$39,990
Niles, MI$30,690$26,460$36,190
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$30,650$22,350$57,480
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$30,640$22,860$44,150
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$30,630$26,140$48,250
Odessa, TX$30,610$23,030$37,770
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$30,590$26,230$45,610
Albuquerque, NM$30,580$28,000$43,730
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$30,520$27,700$46,840
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$30,490$26,790$39,100
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$30,490$23,660$42,990
Reading, PA$30,480$22,140$37,850
Delaware$30,460$27,560$39,990
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$30,460$27,190$46,330
Spartanburg, SC$30,430$22,730$40,920
North Dakota$30,400$26,410$36,710
Ogden, UT$30,390$21,590$57,490
Florida$30,380$27,310$48,810
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$30,380$28,390$45,270
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$30,360$23,700$44,620
Bloomington, IL$30,350$29,120$42,010
Fargo, ND-MN$30,330$23,540$36,450
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$30,300$23,300$42,170
Rapid City, SD$30,270$24,100$46,940
Pennsylvania$30,260$22,390$46,310
Bismarck, ND$30,220$25,350$36,530
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$30,220$28,230$38,300
Rockford, IL$30,210$29,120$43,610
Peoria, IL$30,190$29,120$38,670
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$30,160$27,330$50,480
Ann Arbor, MI$30,150$27,300$44,250
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$30,140$22,960$38,460
Grand Forks, ND-MN$30,130$24,050$37,790
Toledo, OH$30,120$23,180$62,950
Manchester-Nashua, NH$30,090$26,580$43,260
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$30,080$27,490$48,470
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$30,070$22,360$44,690
Springfield, IL$30,060$29,120$47,050
Lincoln, NE$30,040$24,960$42,760
Knoxville, TN$30,000$26,330$42,450
Midland, TX$29,990$23,220$43,980
Nebraska$29,970$24,960$49,080
Traverse City, MI$29,960$26,820$42,730
Champaign-Urbana, IL$29,960$29,120$41,950
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$29,950$17,260$58,660
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$29,920$27,650$47,360
Pocatello, ID$29,910$23,270$44,980
St. George, UT$29,910$22,110$60,340
Tyler, TX$29,910$23,220$38,410
Idaho$29,910$22,050$45,350
South Carolina$29,900$22,080$42,920
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$29,890$23,830$37,610
Yuma, AZ$29,890$29,850$38,110
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$29,870$22,430$41,420
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$29,870$21,690$45,150
Joplin, MO-KS$29,850$26,390$36,620
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$29,840$21,320$41,560
Raleigh-Cary, NC$29,830$22,560$41,840
Jackson, MI$29,820$25,720$36,920
Texas$29,810$22,970$44,620
Clarksville, TN-KY$29,810$22,430$36,360
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$29,810$21,870$45,550
Tennessee$29,800$23,500$38,370
Charlottesville, VA$29,790$28,510$43,630
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$29,790$23,660$46,690
Gainesville, FL$29,780$25,650$44,480
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$29,760$23,100$51,440
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$29,760$21,370$37,220
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$29,760$20,180$45,810
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$29,750$23,320$46,340
Michigan$29,730$26,250$43,730
Ohio$29,700$23,210$56,790
Winchester, VA-WV$29,700$27,440$49,270
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$29,700$27,480$45,350
Battle Creek, MI$29,650$22,280$43,010
Appleton, WI$29,630$23,620$44,560
Sheboygan, WI$29,620$22,980$42,730
Columbia, SC$29,620$21,630$42,230
Jacksonville, FL$29,600$26,640$46,480
Kansas City, MO-KS$29,600$23,340$47,040
Decatur, IL$29,580$29,120$34,700
Richmond, VA$29,570$28,100$42,040
Jackson, TN$29,570$22,100$36,940
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$29,570$27,220$38,190
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$29,570$29,120$36,820
Iowa$29,560$21,780$44,690
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$29,560$26,710$40,160
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$29,550$29,120$42,370
St. Louis, MO-IL$29,530$27,300$37,840
Nevada$29,530$25,640$46,120
Owensboro, KY$29,520$20,970$46,290
Lebanon, PA$29,520$21,710$37,670
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$29,510$21,180$47,480
Lexington-Fayette, KY$29,510$22,350$46,080
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$29,500$29,120$37,430
Wisconsin$29,490$22,870$45,580
Idaho Falls, ID$29,490$21,380$39,120
Twin Falls, ID$29,460$22,330$35,750
South Dakota$29,460$24,100$44,970
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$29,460$23,970$48,930
Flint, MI$29,450$23,740$39,430
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$29,410$22,960$39,520
Cleveland, OH$29,410$23,320$49,400
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$29,410$24,960$37,810
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$29,410$21,800$42,320
Missouri$29,390$26,650$37,840
Akron, OH$29,390$22,730$51,830
Port St. Lucie, FL$29,380$25,790$45,860
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$29,380$23,330$42,680
Arkansas$29,370$26,030$38,700
Kentucky$29,370$21,830$44,870
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$29,350$21,900$44,190
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$29,350$21,330$41,560
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$29,320$22,670$45,740
Logan, UT-ID$29,320$21,770$52,890
Carson City, NV$29,310$24,300$37,300
Harrisonburg, VA$29,310$26,310$45,690
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$29,310$16,760$47,490
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$29,290$29,120$34,320
Fort Smith, AR-OK$29,280$23,900$47,510
Kankakee, IL$29,240$29,120$34,460
Dover, DE$29,230$27,560$36,850
Pittsburgh, PA$29,220$23,030$47,190
Punta Gorda, FL$29,220$27,130$37,120
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$29,220$23,390$43,630
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$29,220$25,960$47,300
Laredo, TX$29,220$22,240$37,420
Canton-Massillon, OH$29,210$22,760$37,790
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$29,200$24,080$42,590
Decatur, AL$29,190$18,910$36,250
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$29,180$21,840$44,460
Waco, TX$29,180$22,470$45,440
Kenosha, WI$29,170$22,430$36,400
Green Bay, WI$29,150$22,400$39,550
Paducah, KY-IL$29,120$22,080$45,800
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$29,120$27,810$38,270
Gainesville, GA$29,120$21,810$43,580
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$29,120$26,230$43,950
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$29,120$24,360$41,120
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$29,120$24,960$38,070
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$29,120$26,110$45,350
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$29,110$24,960$52,510
Farmington, NM$29,100$27,420$53,350
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$29,100$26,340$46,070
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$29,100$24,030$41,580
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$29,090$24,960$44,510
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$29,090$22,670$44,570
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$29,060$22,960$43,890
Jonesboro, AR$29,050$26,740$35,530
Cedar Rapids, IA$29,040$21,800$36,490
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$29,030$22,180$39,160
Goldsboro, NC$29,030$18,720$37,400
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$29,030$26,480$36,340
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$29,010$17,790$38,880
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$29,000$21,380$41,950
Janesville-Beloit, WI$28,990$25,640$41,690
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$28,980$22,260$38,310
Gettysburg, PA$28,980$22,500$42,010
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$28,970$21,620$39,370
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$28,960$27,330$41,340
Chambersburg, PA$28,930$19,230$36,630
Springfield, OH$28,920$22,290$39,000
Tulsa, OK$28,920$18,910$46,710
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$28,910$24,960$37,920
North Carolina$28,900$22,150$39,520
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$28,900$22,560$40,960
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$28,890$25,260$45,350
Georgia$28,880$18,910$38,880
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$28,880$23,170$48,760
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$28,880$22,260$41,830
Asheville, NC$28,870$22,430$43,660
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$28,860$25,580$34,690
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$28,850$25,580$35,150
Morgantown, WV$28,850$21,370$36,210
Midland, MI$28,840$23,360$36,110
Indiana$28,800$21,650$44,270
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$28,790$20,330$35,690
Wyoming$28,780$19,990$44,900
Greenville, NC$28,770$20,590$35,920
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$28,770$27,090$46,050
Greensboro-High Point, NC$28,760$21,790$39,570
Mobile, AL$28,760$20,850$44,080
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$28,760$22,790$35,530
Chattanooga, TN-GA$28,730$22,490$36,570
Baton Rouge, LA$28,720$22,040$39,190
Bloomington, IN$28,720$21,370$39,050
Charleston, WV$28,720$22,180$37,630
Columbia, MO$28,700$26,310$38,740
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$28,690$20,430$49,810
Dubuque, IA$28,670$22,060$38,050
Burlington, NC$28,660$21,530$44,260
York-Hanover, PA$28,650$20,810$43,020
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$28,650$24,630$34,670
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$28,650$23,340$38,460
Huntsville, AL$28,640$21,580$46,110
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$28,640$27,000$38,290
State College, PA$28,630$21,370$41,210
Erie, PA$28,620$21,250$42,350
Lake Charles, LA$28,620$21,370$34,940
Williamsport, PA$28,620$20,110$38,890
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$28,610$21,340$39,880
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$28,600$18,680$37,650
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$28,580$21,740$38,080
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$28,580$27,170$42,970
Oklahoma City, OK$28,560$18,910$46,220
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$28,560$25,580$34,800
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$28,480$20,260$41,320
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$28,470$20,910$29,630
Jacksonville, NC$28,470$20,950$37,110
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$28,470$24,580$43,590
Florence, SC$28,450$22,300$36,250
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$28,450$22,660$43,380
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$28,440$22,430$37,260
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$28,430$19,170$39,660
Tallahassee, FL$28,410$24,960$40,500
Casper, WY$28,410$22,420$40,920
Las Cruces, NM$28,400$25,210$36,240
Sumter, SC$28,390$21,700$37,850
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$28,390$22,210$38,310
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$28,390$21,850$39,000
Fayetteville, NC$28,380$21,470$36,440
St. Joseph, MO-KS$28,370$26,620$36,730
Oklahoma$28,370$18,760$46,810
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$28,360$22,200$44,260
Saginaw, MI$28,350$23,670$36,220
Wausau, WI$28,350$21,680$37,710
Macon-Bibb County, GA$28,350$20,520$37,490
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$28,350$18,560$40,150
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$28,350$22,060$42,990
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$28,340$22,150$41,780
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$28,340$22,730$40,960
West Virginia$28,330$21,330$37,110
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$28,310$21,600$34,890
Sandusky, OH$28,290$21,740$44,900
Springfield, MO$28,290$25,580$36,330
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$28,280$22,820$37,320
Fort Wayne, IN$28,280$21,700$42,570
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$28,280$18,720$36,710
Birmingham, AL$28,270$21,170$44,980
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$28,260$26,870$43,930
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$28,250$20,790$48,400
Morristown, TN$28,220$22,160$34,040
Cleveland, TN$28,200$22,770$36,140
Youngstown-Warren, OH$28,200$22,040$36,760
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$28,200$24,390$37,980
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$28,200$22,220$37,430
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$28,190$21,460$37,190
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$28,190$22,000$40,220
Altoona, PA$28,180$20,390$37,010
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$28,180$20,110$37,650
Homosassa Springs, FL$28,160$24,960$48,560
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$28,150$21,740$48,290
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$28,150$23,300$36,220
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$28,110$26,370$42,730
Hot Springs, AR$28,110$24,000$33,850
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$28,100$21,310$43,980
Winston-Salem, NC$28,100$21,810$38,650
Alexandria, LA$28,090$21,320$39,170
Lynchburg, VA$28,090$25,640$35,940
Monroe, MI$28,080$24,440$36,920
Killeen-Temple, TX$28,070$21,030$45,230
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$28,050$22,680$34,860
Roanoke, VA$28,030$24,960$40,050
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$28,010$21,900$39,140
Grand Island, NE$28,000$25,010$48,110
Wichita, KS$27,980$18,910$44,350
Kansas$27,970$19,240$46,620
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$27,960$24,470$44,110
Alabama$27,940$20,590$44,420
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$27,920$21,090$48,150
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$27,920$24,960$38,060
Wheeling, WV-OH$27,910$22,070$34,900
Beckley, WV$27,890$19,580$33,270
Fond du Lac, WI$27,860$22,670$35,880
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$27,850$22,750$36,340
Kokomo, IN$27,840$17,620$38,030
Amarillo, TX$27,820$21,720$39,500
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$27,820$21,020$44,960
Corpus Christi, TX$27,810$20,180$36,340
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$27,800$25,900$39,970
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$27,780$21,840$38,910
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$27,780$21,370$35,990
Elizabethtown, KY$27,760$21,730$42,730
Evansville, IN$27,750$21,990$46,000
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$27,750$21,010$36,580
El Paso, TX$27,730$19,900$34,460
Wilmington, NC$27,700$22,560$39,370
Savannah, GA$27,680$21,030$35,820
Rocky Mount, NC$27,660$18,030$41,130
Manhattan, KS$27,660$20,030$51,780
Lima, OH$27,650$21,740$35,310
Lawrence, KS$27,640$18,720$45,450
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$27,640$23,720$53,650
Louisiana$27,630$21,210$37,440
Montgomery, AL$27,590$20,830$38,210
College Station-Bryan, TX$27,570$21,880$37,210
Johnson City, TN$27,560$22,100$33,970
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$27,560$20,260$37,890
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$27,550$21,100$35,900
Eau Claire, WI$27,540$21,730$49,680
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$27,530$17,810$35,260
Hammond, LA$27,510$21,170$41,860
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$27,490$21,960$48,930
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$27,470$17,090$42,560
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$27,460$19,830$43,990
Lubbock, TX$27,450$21,330$46,730
Jefferson City, MO$27,440$25,580$35,230
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$27,410$20,780$36,890
Virgin Islands$27,410$23,400$34,120
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$27,310$18,170$36,310
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$27,230$21,240$37,090
Sherman-Denison, TX$27,210$21,170$40,010
Dothan, AL$27,210$18,270$43,560
Tuscaloosa, AL$27,200$19,160$46,070
Bowling Green, KY$27,180$22,730$37,860
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$27,170$25,580$35,100
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$27,150$20,830$33,450
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$27,100$25,580$36,870
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$27,100$21,330$30,180
Abilene, TX$27,080$21,880$44,070
Johnstown, PA$27,080$20,130$34,910
Muncie, IN$27,080$18,190$39,930
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$27,040$18,720$41,680
Sebring, FL$27,000$24,960$37,560
Texarkana, TX-AR$26,980$20,440$39,530
Longview, TX$26,960$21,300$50,760
Dalton, GA$26,950$21,670$37,230
Terre Haute, IN$26,940$16,070$41,240
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$26,940$17,410$47,400
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$26,920$21,780$51,560
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$26,910$19,330$34,820
Puerto Rico$26,890$19,870$29,630
San Angelo, TX$26,880$21,620$38,150
Victoria, TX$26,880$23,750$33,650
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$26,880$20,800$36,420
Wichita Falls, TX$26,830$17,880$36,750
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$26,800$17,890$42,630
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$26,710$20,950$33,800
Columbus, GA-AL$26,590$19,960$38,240
Anniston-Oxford, AL$26,580$20,060$32,380
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$26,540$20,600$36,870
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$26,460$23,100$34,960
Lawton, OK$26,350$17,130$46,870
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$26,250$18,560$38,560
Lafayette, LA$26,230$18,910$36,490
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$26,030$22,360$35,090
Monroe, LA$25,850$18,780$33,400
Jackson, MS$25,650$18,510$35,420
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$25,650$18,910$40,110
Warner Robins, GA$25,640$22,010$30,030
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$25,640$16,730$32,050
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$25,630$17,440$35,620
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$25,410$18,620$32,340
Auburn-Opelika, AL$25,310$20,460$49,370
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$25,240$18,190$40,950
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$24,780$20,500$37,340
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$24,770$18,910$38,620
Columbus, IN$24,560$20,320$36,630
Valdosta, GA$24,230$18,910$33,610
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$24,090$19,180$44,870
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$23,880$18,440$32,560
Topeka, KS$23,870$18,490$38,250
Mississippi$23,740$17,670$34,220
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$23,510$18,080$39,800
Albany, GA$23,290$17,410$30,470
Rome, GA$23,120$18,330$34,670
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$23,110$18,480$37,180
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$23,030$18,030$40,920
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$22,750$17,370$34,600
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$22,730$16,130$28,850
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$22,610$21,360$34,080
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$22,570$17,250$30,330
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$22,540$17,270$28,010
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$22,480$17,240$28,890
Enid, OK$22,280$17,420$47,550
Gadsden, AL$22,100$17,990$35,730
Hattiesburg, MS$22,010$17,660$31,200
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$21,560$17,600$47,400
Ponce, PR$20,190$19,760$28,500
Mayaguez, PR$20,050$19,760$28,480

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Animal Caretakers make?

The median annual salary for a Animal Caretakers is $33,470, with a typical range of $24,500 – $46,480 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Animal Caretakers?

Entry-level Animal Caretakers positions typically start around $24,500 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Animal Caretakerss earn the most?

Animal Caretakerss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.