Animal Trainers Salary
Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Animal Trainers positions across the United States.
Median Annual Salary
$38,750
National average
Salary Range
$29,120 – $70,800
10th–90th percentile
Data Year
2024
Source: BLS
Animal Trainers Salary by City
| Location | Median Salary | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $94,390 | $29,740 | $94,470 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | $72,080 | $33,110 | $77,780 |
| Hawaii | $72,080 | $33,110 | $77,780 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $64,590 | $34,990 | $104,000 |
| Birmingham, AL | $63,330 | $25,580 | $73,470 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $60,390 | $37,860 | $107,080 |
| Madison, WI | $59,900 | $32,960 | $76,960 |
| Alabama | $58,480 | $30,250 | $69,620 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $53,340 | $42,950 | $114,990 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | $49,170 | $31,260 | $85,460 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $48,710 | $33,120 | $116,510 |
| Oregon | $48,690 | $33,130 | $66,560 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $48,480 | $37,240 | $73,840 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | $48,430 | $24,160 | $79,950 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $47,600 | $38,930 | $71,220 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $47,120 | $37,190 | $110,510 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $46,790 | $38,120 | $62,600 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $46,780 | $36,560 | $67,090 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $46,780 | $36,070 | $68,200 |
| California | $46,780 | $36,490 | $84,250 |
| Rochester, NY | $46,580 | $33,350 | $100,190 |
| Charleston, WV | $46,520 | $30,040 | $93,160 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $46,430 | $34,680 | $66,940 |
| Maryland | $46,390 | $31,510 | $77,120 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $46,370 | $31,840 | $47,420 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $45,930 | $34,930 | $63,730 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $45,840 | $33,460 | $59,330 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $45,470 | $36,370 | $90,930 |
| New York | $45,470 | $34,600 | $90,930 |
| Lancaster, PA | $45,300 | $31,510 | $53,780 |
| Iowa | $45,180 | $31,060 | $55,150 |
| Columbia, SC | $44,770 | $28,880 | $64,100 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $44,730 | $33,250 | $98,020 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | $44,600 | $34,170 | $58,200 |
| Boulder, CO | $44,350 | $38,280 | $115,580 |
| Colorado | $43,670 | $34,300 | $104,000 |
| Connecticut | $43,240 | $34,930 | $66,120 |
| Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $43,180 | $34,440 | $63,020 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $42,910 | $35,470 | $68,670 |
| Washington | $42,810 | $35,520 | $59,040 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $42,790 | $34,590 | $46,400 |
| Montana | $42,730 | $33,350 | $56,830 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $42,730 | $31,470 | $58,170 |
| Arkansas | $42,460 | $28,680 | $60,980 |
| Ocala, FL | $42,390 | $26,570 | $119,990 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $42,220 | $34,210 | $67,580 |
| Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $42,060 | $23,600 | $75,850 |
| New Jersey | $42,010 | $34,870 | $82,440 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $41,850 | $30,660 | $62,660 |
| Richmond, VA | $41,850 | $30,070 | $97,460 |
| Pennsylvania | $41,600 | $30,990 | $59,210 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $41,600 | $31,070 | $63,530 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $41,570 | $29,600 | $57,140 |
| Bloomington, IN | $41,210 | $30,740 | $62,590 |
| North Carolina | $40,860 | $24,960 | $80,820 |
| Wisconsin | $40,360 | $29,920 | $62,620 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $40,350 | $33,550 | $62,440 |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL | $39,720 | $27,090 | $63,150 |
| New Haven, CT | $39,710 | $34,960 | $57,610 |
| South Dakota | $39,380 | $29,120 | $50,530 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $39,190 | $26,230 | $82,840 |
| Toledo, OH | $38,570 | $30,200 | $58,450 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | $38,560 | $24,110 | $77,510 |
| Indiana | $38,530 | $29,830 | $62,590 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $38,490 | $28,850 | $47,840 |
| Fresno, CA | $38,480 | $33,810 | $53,040 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $38,240 | $31,720 | $87,150 |
| Portland-South Portland, ME | $38,200 | $36,420 | $59,280 |
| Georgia | $38,130 | $28,230 | $47,840 |
| Maine | $37,990 | $34,190 | $56,060 |
| West Virginia | $37,970 | $28,950 | $73,430 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $37,940 | $28,970 | $83,800 |
| Bellingham, WA | $37,810 | $36,510 | $49,320 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $37,780 | $21,230 | $51,660 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $37,550 | $31,320 | $66,860 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $37,510 | $32,050 | $77,250 |
| North Dakota | $37,430 | $30,370 | $67,180 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $37,320 | $30,050 | $71,990 |
| Reno, NV | $37,290 | $32,050 | $46,750 |
| Tennessee | $37,250 | $30,760 | $86,450 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $37,210 | $20,940 | $49,860 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $37,060 | $24,960 | $71,650 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | $36,870 | $33,280 | $46,750 |
| Ogden, UT | $36,860 | $22,130 | $47,400 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $36,860 | $33,520 | $54,770 |
| Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $36,810 | $34,250 | $48,070 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $36,760 | $31,200 | $52,520 |
| District of Columbia | $36,540 | $36,310 | $48,310 |
| Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $36,470 | $26,010 | $65,220 |
| New Hampshire | $36,410 | $26,840 | $57,140 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | $36,410 | $30,450 | $43,670 |
| Idaho | $36,360 | $31,200 | $42,710 |
| Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $36,200 | $31,200 | $79,090 |
| Florida | $36,190 | $25,370 | $71,990 |
| Knoxville, TN | $36,130 | $30,260 | $51,670 |
| Nevada | $36,060 | $28,720 | $46,750 |
| Boise City, ID | $36,030 | $32,980 | $43,680 |
| Columbus, OH | $36,020 | $26,910 | $61,250 |
| Gainesville, FL | $35,960 | $24,960 | $75,550 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $35,750 | $25,120 | $62,540 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $35,750 | $29,650 | $53,380 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | $35,710 | $30,600 | $53,660 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $35,690 | $28,720 | $45,200 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | $35,640 | $25,580 | $52,000 |
| Minnesota | $35,530 | $31,510 | $48,360 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $35,510 | $31,510 | $48,360 |
| Utah | $35,380 | $21,060 | $49,850 |
| Kansas | $35,360 | $25,250 | $50,010 |
| Mississippi | $35,240 | $30,310 | $52,610 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $35,050 | $21,370 | $55,550 |
| Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | $35,040 | $35,040 | $56,990 |
| Wilmington, NC | $35,010 | $24,180 | $46,660 |
| Illinois | $34,560 | $29,650 | $52,710 |
| Delaware | $34,510 | $29,470 | $56,840 |
| North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | $34,500 | $25,370 | $44,510 |
| Nebraska | $34,500 | $31,800 | $45,200 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $34,410 | $21,860 | $60,920 |
| Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $34,230 | $24,960 | $69,460 |
| Michigan | $34,100 | $23,190 | $51,500 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $34,100 | $24,960 | $61,120 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | $34,020 | $24,960 | $59,400 |
| Tucson, AZ | $33,870 | $29,850 | $55,860 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $33,850 | $17,660 | $41,300 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $33,710 | $23,280 | $56,220 |
| Alaska | $33,600 | $29,630 | $42,000 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | $33,490 | $32,150 | $46,800 |
| Akron, OH | $33,450 | $29,810 | $45,610 |
| Texas | $33,290 | $18,240 | $52,590 |
| Anchorage, AK | $33,280 | $29,630 | $42,000 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $33,240 | $20,150 | $113,800 |
| Tulsa, OK | $33,120 | $19,690 | $70,920 |
| Oklahoma | $33,120 | $20,850 | $69,260 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $33,050 | $26,480 | $65,370 |
| Ohio | $32,960 | $26,380 | $60,770 |
| Wichita, KS | $32,850 | $24,380 | $47,230 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $32,680 | $21,580 | $53,290 |
| Albuquerque, NM | $32,480 | $29,550 | $35,710 |
| Arizona | $32,230 | $30,400 | $54,070 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $32,220 | $24,960 | $59,600 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $32,220 | $30,400 | $48,900 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | $32,100 | $30,700 | $62,510 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $31,830 | $25,510 | $51,650 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $31,750 | $22,680 | $68,640 |
| Port St. Lucie, FL | $31,750 | $24,960 | $48,830 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $31,720 | $30,410 | $46,740 |
| South Carolina | $31,620 | $21,560 | $62,140 |
| Louisiana | $31,520 | $28,290 | $46,520 |
| New Mexico | $31,510 | $29,420 | $47,950 |
| Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $31,200 | $22,200 | $51,440 |
| Cleveland, OH | $31,010 | $26,380 | $49,340 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $30,710 | $20,740 | $42,710 |
| Missouri | $30,700 | $25,580 | $54,360 |
| Kentucky | $29,520 | $24,300 | $56,190 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | $28,460 | $24,300 | $56,540 |
| El Paso, TX | $28,230 | $18,080 | $37,220 |
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a Animal Trainers make?▾
The median annual salary for a Animal Trainers is $38,750, with a typical range of $29,120 – $70,800 depending on experience, location, and employer.
What is the starting salary for a Animal Trainers?▾
Entry-level Animal Trainers positions typically start around $29,120 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.
Where do Animal Trainerss earn the most?▾
Animal Trainerss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.
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