Michigan State University Veterinary Medical Center University
East Lansing, MI
- Full time
- ER / ECC
Emergency and critical care vet tech, assistant and CSR jobs
These are the openings at emergency and critical care hospitals: 24-hour ERs, ECC departments inside specialty hospitals, and the overnight side of hospitals that run both. We put a posting here when the title or the description says emergency, ECC, critical care or 24-hour, or when the employer only runs ERs. A GP posting that mentions handling the occasional emergency does not count.
ER is where techs go when GP gets boring and when they want their credential used. The trade is the schedule: swings and overnights, 3x12s or 4x10s, weekends and holidays in rotation. Most of these postings state the shift; fewer state how many techs are on the floor per DVM or whether leaving on time is normal. Ask both in the working interview.
Today there are 1,851 ER and ECC openings, 1,176 of them with pay listed, from $7.80 to $120.00 an hour where it is listed. The most are in California, Florida, Texas.
Guide: overnight and ER tech life, shifts, differentials and sleep
1,851 open jobs
1,176 list pay, $7.80 to $120.00 an hour
emergency vet tech jobs
Emergency vet tech jobs are the technician openings at 24-hour emergency hospitals and ECC departments. Most ask for a credential (CVT, LVT, RVT or LVMT) or ECC experience; some hire assistants with no ER background and train them on the floor. The list above shows the credential line for each posting where the employer stated one.
emergency vet tech salary
Where ER postings on this site list pay, the range runs $7.80 to $120.00 an hour. ER and specialty techs reported about $27.50 an hour on average in a 2026 Reddit salary survey of roughly 400 support staff, against $21 to $22 in GP and shelter. Shift differentials for overnights and weekends come on top and are rarely stated in the posting.
Is ER a good first job for an assistant
Some urgent care and ER hospitals hire assistants with no veterinary experience and train them, and a few postings say so. Most ER tech roles want a credential or ECC experience. Filter this list by "No experience" to see which say they will train.
Most openings by state
- California215
- Florida149
- Texas141
- New York112
- Virginia111
- North Carolina101
Employers hiring most
- Veterinary Emergency Group682
- Ethos Veterinary Health343
- PetVet Care Centers155
- MedVet63
- National Veterinary Associates (NVA)51
- Alliance Animal Health48
More jobs by state
- Alabama70
- Alaska13
- Arizona193
- Arkansas36
- California717
- Colorado290
- Connecticut83
- Delaware9
- Florida490
- Georgia224
- Hawaii22
- Idaho26
- Illinois237
- Indiana103
- Iowa40
- Kansas73
- Kentucky56
- Louisiana80
- Maine67
- Maryland156
- Massachusetts272
- Michigan121
- Minnesota108
- Mississippi31
- Missouri99
- Montana26
- Nebraska27
- Nevada37
- New Hampshire72
- New Jersey239
- New Mexico31
- New York530
- North Carolina366
- Ohio212
- Oklahoma61
- Oregon114
- Pennsylvania224
- Rhode Island27
- South Carolina120
- South Dakota9
- Tennessee225
- Texas635
- Utah60
- Vermont42
- Virginia367
- Washington255
- Washington, DC51
- West Virginia17
- Wisconsin148
- Wyoming4