Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers Salary

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

Median Annual Salary

$37,320

National average

Salary Range

$29,160 – $48,150

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$58,120$38,140$58,120
New Haven, CT$57,320$34,480$88,460
Rhode Island$48,050$32,950$48,630
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$48,010$32,950$48,630
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$47,460$31,440$49,190
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$47,040$40,000$62,930
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$46,950$42,580$58,600
Barnstable Town, MA$46,920$34,160$48,220
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$46,620$37,580$58,550
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$46,280$37,630$56,350
Salinas, CA$45,740$37,730$52,360
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$45,560$37,810$55,240
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$45,480$40,110$47,730
Massachusetts$45,480$34,740$63,650
California$45,470$37,230$58,550
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$45,470$37,670$47,560
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$45,370$32,240$63,950
Vallejo, CA$45,360$37,150$49,260
Napa, CA$45,280$38,230$48,310
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$45,240$37,500$49,570
Bend, OR$45,100$37,300$47,320
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$45,030$35,250$61,610
Worcester, MA$44,860$32,540$60,710
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$44,830$37,230$54,350
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$44,790$38,220$57,160
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$44,750$36,950$48,290
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$44,600$38,650$59,730
Portland-South Portland, ME$44,390$38,270$56,900
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$44,320$37,790$58,090
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$44,190$38,230$49,170
Maine$44,080$37,350$58,120
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$43,940$36,610$47,260
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$43,910$37,140$45,570
Chico, CA$43,680$36,440$47,780
Minnesota$43,670$34,060$47,260
Bangor, ME$43,660$35,990$51,020
Washington$43,590$37,540$47,680
District of Columbia$43,580$36,260$56,730
Maryland$43,520$34,680$59,860
Boulder, CO$43,470$35,790$47,840
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$43,430$36,540$50,440
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$43,350$36,720$49,240
New York$43,150$36,210$51,170
New Jersey$42,910$35,720$57,350
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$42,890$37,420$42,890
Oregon$42,830$35,620$48,230
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$41,960$29,670$57,200
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$41,860$36,730$49,150
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$41,160$36,460$47,970
Salem, OR$40,500$36,680$47,340
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$40,350$34,680$59,860
Bozeman, MT$40,180$31,080$43,310
Grants Pass, OR$39,610$36,840$47,630
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$39,550$38,510$45,620
Connecticut$39,540$34,480$71,200
Colorado$39,480$34,440$45,670
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$39,300$36,440$51,170
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$39,270$35,680$56,480
Kingston, NY$39,230$36,430$45,430
Merced, CA$39,120$36,000$48,090
Anchorage, AK$39,020$29,560$54,820
Yakima, WA$38,740$36,790$43,410
Kennewick-Richland, WA$38,710$37,750$44,510
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$38,660$37,190$47,310
Bellingham, WA$38,650$37,450$44,710
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$38,620$36,030$46,920
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$38,550$34,410$57,920
Ithaca, NY$38,480$36,150$46,040
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$38,470$34,640$47,840
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$38,440$34,110$49,500
Modesto, CA$38,410$36,650$50,410
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$38,370$36,400$47,500
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$38,300$31,130$40,270
Arizona$38,240$33,620$49,230
Yuba City, CA$38,220$36,780$47,700
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$38,150$34,670$48,550
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$38,140$35,410$47,850
Naples-Marco Island, FL$38,110$31,200$47,490
Duluth, MN-WI$38,100$29,100$41,970
Greeley, CO$38,060$31,630$46,780
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$38,030$36,230$44,350
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$38,000$35,170$53,040
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$38,000$32,760$48,960
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$37,970$34,210$58,210
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$37,940$36,300$46,950
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$37,920$30,210$46,190
Eugene-Springfield, OR$37,900$35,090$45,620
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$37,880$35,220$46,280
Billings, MT$37,860$29,610$38,480
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$37,860$30,640$46,000
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$37,830$37,020$44,390
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$37,820$29,320$45,490
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$37,800$36,700$44,660
Colorado Springs, CO$37,760$31,000$46,060
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$37,740$36,700$56,390
Syracuse, NY$37,720$35,290$49,780
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$37,640$34,110$48,730
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$37,620$29,620$44,440
Visalia, CA$37,620$36,000$47,780
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$37,590$29,930$48,580
Fresno, CA$37,590$35,380$47,040
Midland, MI$37,590$29,900$45,300
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$37,560$37,320$44,810
Alaska$37,530$29,390$54,820
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$37,480$29,930$46,040
Ann Arbor, MI$37,440$30,340$51,340
Corvallis, OR$37,390$34,880$44,420
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$37,390$31,130$40,830
Redding, CA$37,350$34,080$46,580
Glens Falls, NY$37,350$31,410$44,400
Missoula, MT$37,350$28,860$42,280
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$37,330$33,450$47,020
Illinois$37,310$30,300$47,830
Florida$37,200$29,350$45,650
Medford, OR$37,170$35,320$46,490
Reno, NV$37,130$35,880$45,080
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$37,130$35,490$43,260
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$37,100$29,270$45,400
Raleigh-Cary, NC$37,090$30,490$46,270
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$37,090$29,370$48,430
Montana$37,060$28,910$41,720
Asheville, NC$36,980$31,560$47,130
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$36,980$33,950$44,700
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$36,980$30,310$46,690
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$36,950$31,680$47,290
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$36,920$29,470$45,060
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$36,920$29,510$45,700
Champaign-Urbana, IL$36,850$30,630$62,540
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$36,840$30,170$46,420
Rochester, NY$36,830$34,750$45,500
Bismarck, ND$36,770$30,000$49,310
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$36,740$29,310$44,020
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$36,720$28,910$47,690
Winston-Salem, NC$36,720$29,620$45,260
North Carolina$36,680$29,920$45,810
Jacksonville, FL$36,680$29,120$45,360
Lebanon, PA$36,680$29,280$42,210
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$36,630$30,890$44,480
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$36,630$28,990$37,300
Auburn-Opelika, AL$36,610$27,470$44,590
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$36,600$29,180$46,070
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$36,590$28,410$44,150
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$36,560$29,420$47,470
Michigan$36,550$29,410$47,010
Lawrence, KS$36,530$28,220$39,790
Richmond, VA$36,500$30,870$45,210
Virginia$36,500$30,400$45,800
Port St. Lucie, FL$36,490$29,040$45,450
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$36,490$28,880$43,100
Pennsylvania$36,480$30,390$47,010
Lancaster, PA$36,480$30,930$45,200
Tennessee$36,440$29,410$44,020
Wyoming$36,430$29,380$38,020
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$36,430$29,380$38,020
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$36,410$26,420$53,690
Monroe, MI$36,390$29,700$44,700
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$36,380$29,470$46,570
North Dakota$36,370$31,210$43,230
Fargo, ND-MN$36,370$31,500$41,930
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$36,340$30,570$45,690
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$36,320$30,230$45,490
Albany, OR$36,280$35,410$44,990
Utica-Rome, NY$36,260$33,510$44,900
Coeur d'Alene, ID$36,250$29,400$46,580
Reading, PA$36,200$30,810$44,740
Albuquerque, NM$36,200$29,340$45,760
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$36,200$29,780$43,840
Nevada$36,160$30,570$47,380
Boise City, ID$36,160$28,940$45,970
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$36,160$30,540$48,360
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$36,150$31,420$45,900
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$36,140$28,960$43,940
Knoxville, TN$36,140$29,080$38,260
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$36,130$28,080$46,950
Pittsburgh, PA$36,120$30,670$47,530
Rockford, IL$36,120$30,070$41,850
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$36,120$33,580$48,470
Vermont$36,120$30,320$45,490
Grand Junction, CO$36,120$30,120$43,700
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$36,110$30,550$47,470
Punta Gorda, FL$36,080$29,100$44,740
Delaware$36,060$30,260$47,780
Wilmington, NC$36,060$30,630$44,930
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$36,050$28,730$45,390
Traverse City, MI$36,020$29,530$37,730
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$36,000$28,990$45,970
Greensboro-High Point, NC$35,980$30,340$45,040
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$35,980$30,470$45,640
Columbia, SC$35,970$28,200$44,900
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$35,950$28,640$45,160
Charlottesville, VA$35,930$31,820$46,780
Santa Fe, NM$35,910$28,900$46,540
Midland, TX$35,900$27,580$42,920
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$35,880$29,510$50,430
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$35,860$28,650$44,440
Omaha, NE-IA$35,840$29,990$43,940
Gainesville, FL$35,840$28,220$44,100
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$35,840$30,400$45,660
Tucson, AZ$35,820$30,250$44,060
Idaho$35,820$27,070$45,970
Chattanooga, TN-GA$35,820$30,520$42,440
Lincoln, NE$35,820$30,160$40,570
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$35,820$29,550$56,230
Springfield, IL$35,810$30,300$41,540
Clarksville, TN-KY$35,790$21,840$37,680
Madison, WI$35,780$30,040$43,430
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$35,770$28,870$47,810
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$35,740$28,420$42,450
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$35,740$28,820$44,430
Utah$35,730$30,570$46,710
York-Hanover, PA$35,730$30,440$38,700
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$35,700$29,790$46,110
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$35,690$29,470$44,480
South Carolina$35,680$28,280$48,430
Binghamton, NY$35,670$33,660$45,060
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$35,670$23,990$43,990
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$35,660$28,370$43,990
Niles, MI$35,640$27,690$46,870
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$35,620$24,020$37,700
New Mexico$35,600$28,920$44,910
Saginaw, MI$35,590$28,800$46,620
Columbus, OH$35,580$29,810$46,120
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$35,580$29,350$44,440
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$35,540$29,740$43,040
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$35,520$28,940$39,630
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$35,510$30,120$45,190
Bloomington, IL$35,490$29,670$46,190
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$35,440$28,590$42,470
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$35,440$29,370$38,380
St. Louis, MO-IL$35,430$30,290$44,840
Kansas City, MO-KS$35,430$29,350$47,640
Hawaii$35,420$29,590$48,240
Flint, MI$35,410$29,090$47,100
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$35,410$27,760$46,430
Appleton, WI$35,360$30,140$43,490
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$35,340$30,720$42,710
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$35,330$29,610$44,670
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$35,310$30,310$43,840
Twin Falls, ID$35,300$26,650$45,470
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$35,300$30,280$44,820
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$35,280$29,260$46,260
Indiana$35,270$28,020$43,370
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$35,270$26,910$43,430
Urban Honolulu, HI$35,250$29,470$46,440
New Hampshire$35,230$28,180$45,140
Manchester-Nashua, NH$35,230$27,640$43,080
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$35,230$28,180$43,360
Tallahassee, FL$35,220$26,890$42,410
Nebraska$35,210$28,290$39,320
Winchester, VA-WV$35,210$29,520$43,310
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$35,190$28,060$44,780
Columbia, MO$35,190$29,510$38,740
Jackson, MI$35,180$29,140$42,030
Ogden, UT$35,170$31,050$44,680
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$35,130$29,470$46,040
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$35,120$29,480$43,710
Jacksonville, NC$35,090$28,590$39,920
Joplin, MO-KS$35,090$29,070$36,670
Idaho Falls, ID$35,080$24,300$39,990
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$35,070$34,060$43,700
Missouri$35,040$29,250$40,670
Cleveland, OH$35,030$29,320$45,650
Greenville, NC$35,030$29,340$38,130
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$35,010$29,280$46,220
Wisconsin$34,990$29,160$42,800
Georgia$34,980$28,410$41,250
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$34,960$30,480$43,460
Erie, PA$34,950$29,320$43,430
Las Cruces, NM$34,930$28,920$42,880
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$34,920$29,480$37,570
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$34,900$28,230$41,620
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$34,860$31,630$43,270
Harrisonburg, VA$34,850$30,660$44,440
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$34,850$29,090$44,050
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$34,840$30,360$41,600
Peoria, IL$34,820$30,250$42,870
Ohio$34,820$28,820$45,900
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$34,820$28,130$38,420
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$34,790$22,970$44,150
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$34,780$27,770$35,870
Gettysburg, PA$34,770$29,900$39,850
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$34,750$27,840$44,900
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$34,740$28,180$48,950
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$34,730$28,070$35,810
Muncie, IN$34,670$28,750$41,600
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$34,650$29,740$42,710
Johnson City, TN$34,620$28,750$39,490
Akron, OH$34,600$28,650$44,280
Ames, IA$34,580$28,340$44,170
Bloomington, IN$34,570$28,070$38,280
Wheeling, WV-OH$34,560$24,490$36,570
Eau Claire, WI$34,560$30,500$41,860
Bay City, MI$34,520$27,040$44,310
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$34,490$28,560$39,050
Fort Wayne, IN$34,440$27,940$38,230
Toledo, OH$34,430$28,850$47,630
State College, PA$34,420$30,450$43,630
Gainesville, GA$34,420$29,610$48,880
Spartanburg, SC$34,380$29,190$46,330
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$34,380$28,650$37,340
Fayetteville, NC$34,370$29,320$43,730
Oklahoma City, OK$34,350$21,480$47,740
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$34,330$29,740$40,810
Ocala, FL$34,310$27,730$41,760
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$34,310$28,920$44,890
Evansville, IN$34,300$28,480$37,150
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$34,300$22,870$46,040
Altoona, PA$34,290$29,400$38,000
Green Bay, WI$34,270$28,950$36,380
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$34,260$27,260$43,960
Lynchburg, VA$34,220$29,660$40,830
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$34,210$27,110$35,950
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$34,150$24,960$37,400
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$34,140$22,220$47,710
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$34,120$29,700$47,700
Wausau, WI$34,100$29,120$37,630
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$33,950$27,340$37,560
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$33,930$26,810$43,050
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$33,770$27,860$38,060
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$33,760$29,400$42,910
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$33,750$22,540$47,970
St. George, UT$33,660$28,240$35,590
Kokomo, IN$33,510$27,250$40,810
Terre Haute, IN$33,490$21,170$42,780
Canton-Massillon, OH$33,450$27,620$43,780
Springfield, MO$33,400$29,040$37,440
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$33,330$26,980$39,930
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$33,320$28,030$43,440
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$33,280$30,010$45,130
Lima, OH$33,280$28,610$36,190
Roanoke, VA$33,260$29,190$42,640
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$32,860$28,840$36,640
South Dakota$32,810$26,950$36,670
Macon-Bibb County, GA$32,810$29,390$41,710
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$32,760$26,060$48,210
Warner Robins, GA$32,710$25,290$36,910
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$32,690$26,860$35,140
Kansas$32,670$26,000$46,100
Manhattan, KS$32,670$27,420$38,390
West Virginia$32,630$22,770$36,990
Kentucky$32,590$23,750$45,490
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$32,460$26,580$41,580
Savannah, GA$32,390$29,130$36,460
Chambersburg, PA$32,280$30,210$45,360
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$31,920$29,160$48,410
Rapid City, SD$31,750$26,130$36,100
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$31,720$22,170$44,890
Fond du Lac, WI$31,670$26,420$38,120
Lexington-Fayette, KY$31,620$23,200$45,490
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$31,410$31,200$46,080
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$31,410$27,750$38,580
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$31,290$27,780$42,700
Williamsport, PA$31,220$29,840$41,630
Iowa$31,200$28,930$45,320
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$31,100$29,470$39,590
Grand Island, NE$30,970$28,720$37,530
Logan, UT-ID$30,950$30,570$36,250
Fort Smith, AR-OK$30,930$27,620$38,760
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$30,780$28,860$38,370
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$30,780$29,260$37,690
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$30,750$28,730$43,520
Battle Creek, MI$30,720$28,880$37,090
Cedar Rapids, IA$30,700$29,310$44,800
Charleston, WV$30,580$23,080$35,680
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$30,580$28,180$38,720
Arkansas$30,550$27,000$37,490
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$30,550$22,730$41,890
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$30,500$25,580$36,460
Athens-Clarke County, GA$30,460$28,350$39,220
Huntsville, AL$30,440$28,000$42,640
Texas$30,430$22,040$46,020
Youngstown-Warren, OH$30,400$24,960$37,630
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$30,240$29,240$37,600
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$30,210$24,020$34,740
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$30,200$27,800$34,880
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$30,140$29,190$43,430
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$30,130$21,930$43,110
Hattiesburg, MS$30,030$24,250$31,750
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$30,030$27,880$36,640
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$30,010$22,460$36,210
Baton Rouge, LA$29,930$27,820$38,670
Wichita Falls, TX$29,900$18,920$36,150
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$29,840$28,980$45,480
Birmingham, AL$29,840$27,120$38,570
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$29,840$20,980$36,250
Mansfield, OH$29,830$24,790$37,560
Rome, GA$29,820$28,560$35,850
Tulsa, OK$29,730$21,620$39,540
Mississippi$29,730$23,480$35,900
Oklahoma$29,730$21,410$44,650
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$29,720$23,130$36,460
Jonesboro, AR$29,710$28,330$41,290
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$29,710$22,820$38,430
Florence, SC$29,700$24,110$35,980
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$29,690$27,620$45,290
Alabama$29,660$23,420$38,540
Columbus, GA-AL$29,660$25,220$36,710
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$29,640$28,090$37,230
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$29,380$20,980$36,730
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$29,320$22,140$34,320
Louisiana$29,280$26,180$37,790
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$29,250$22,350$35,470
Jackson, MS$29,190$26,740$34,820
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$29,190$23,780$35,140
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$29,130$19,890$37,110
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$29,000$21,720$36,180
Lawton, OK$28,990$21,170$33,810
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$28,960$21,100$40,180
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$28,900$23,200$35,960
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$28,890$22,010$36,160
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$28,860$19,890$35,690
Hot Springs, AR$28,830$26,110$37,400
Waco, TX$28,800$21,350$44,950
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$28,770$24,580$34,680
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$28,770$22,450$34,890
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$28,690$23,200$35,600
College Station-Bryan, TX$28,660$22,950$35,540
Corpus Christi, TX$28,650$21,720$37,870
Amarillo, TX$28,640$22,210$38,480
Killeen-Temple, TX$28,590$19,670$36,200
Topeka, KS$28,540$23,890$44,310
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$28,530$26,820$35,660
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$28,350$20,790$45,790
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$28,230$20,610$45,890
Wichita, KS$28,110$27,180$37,230
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$28,080$19,100$36,400
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$28,050$21,060$60,040
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$27,910$22,350$36,460
El Paso, TX$27,820$18,390$37,250
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$27,790$21,410$47,400
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$27,750$20,940$36,170
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$26,890$18,780$34,030
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$21,840$20,630$27,050
Puerto Rico$21,730$19,850$27,050
Aguadilla, PR$21,430$19,760$23,710
Mayaguez, PR$19,910$19,760$22,220

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers is $37,320, with a typical range of $29,160 – $48,150 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers?β–Ύ

Entry-level Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers positions typically start around $29,160 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakerss earn the most?β–Ύ

Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory 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.