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Is that pay good, here?

Four tools built on the federal wage survey: the 10th, 25th, median, 75th and 90th percentile for vet techs and assistants in every state. Type your number and get a plain answer. Nothing here is a promise of what a clinic will pay; it is what the market paid in May 2025.

Vet tech median, US
$22.78/hr
$47,380 a year
Vet assistant median, US
$18.34/hr
$38,150 a year
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Tech 90th percentile, US
$30.38/hr
$63,180 a year

Vet tech median pay by state

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  1. District of Columbia $61,270 median, $81,990 90th
  2. California $60,630 median, $75,860 90th
  3. Washington $59,740 median, $77,300 90th
  4. New York $59,010 median, $78,760 90th
  5. Minnesota $57,270 median, $65,120 90th
  6. Oregon $55,810 median, $77,710 90th
  7. Virginia $52,090 median, $75,770 90th
  8. Connecticut $50,950 median, $75,090 90th
  9. Maine $50,810 median, $57,690 90th
  10. Nevada $50,250 median, $65,420 90th
  11. Michigan $49,710 median, $63,020 90th
  12. Colorado $49,650 median, $60,380 90th
  13. Massachusetts $49,540 median, $64,470 90th
  14. Vermont $49,490 median, $58,430 90th
  15. New Jersey $49,050 median, $75,310 90th
  16. North Dakota $48,790 median, $56,980 90th
  17. New Hampshire $48,780 median, $60,840 90th
  18. Indiana $48,720 median, $59,490 90th
  19. Hawaii $48,550 median, $62,660 90th
  20. Delaware $48,370 median, $61,890 90th
  21. Ohio $47,990 median, $61,360 90th
  22. North Carolina $47,620 median, $59,420 90th
  23. Maryland $47,350 median, $74,460 90th
  24. Wisconsin $47,020 median, $59,110 90th
  25. Alaska $46,480 median, $75,820 90th
  26. Illinois $46,440 median, $60,520 90th
  27. Pennsylvania $46,430 median, $60,280 90th
  28. Florida $46,380 median, $57,870 90th
  29. Arizona $46,300 median, $58,350 90th
  30. Kansas $45,810 median, $58,250 90th
  31. Iowa $45,560 median, $63,860 90th
  32. Rhode Island $45,310 median, $63,590 90th
  33. South Dakota $45,300 median, $50,440 90th
  34. New Mexico $44,790 median, $56,870 90th
  35. Nebraska $43,680 median, $57,310 90th
  36. Missouri $43,520 median, $49,260 90th
  37. Georgia $43,060 median, $58,590 90th
  38. Tennessee $42,810 median, $57,040 90th
  39. Idaho $42,120 median, $48,660 90th
  40. Montana $41,170 median, $57,660 90th
  41. Utah $40,560 median, $55,330 90th
  42. Kentucky $39,590 median, $50,530 90th
  43. Texas $39,410 median, $54,610 90th
  44. Oklahoma $39,100 median, $53,880 90th
  45. South Carolina $39,020 median, $57,970 90th
  46. Wyoming $38,650 median, $49,260 90th
  47. Arkansas $38,360 median, $47,820 90th
  48. West Virginia $37,700 median, $48,170 90th
  49. Alabama $36,590 median, $49,060 90th
  50. Mississippi $36,380 median, $46,710 90th
  51. Louisiana $35,530 median, $47,690 90th

How these tools work. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the 10th, median and 90th percentile wage for veterinary technologists and technicians (SOC 29-2056) and veterinary assistants (31-9096) in every state, and the full 10/25/50/75/90 ladder nationally, in the May 2025 OEWS release. We estimate each state's 25th and 75th by scaling the national shape to the state's own 10-to-median and median-to-90 spans, and we say "estimated" wherever that shows. Experience bands are an approximation anchored to percentiles, because BLS does not survey by years of experience. Cost-of-living adjustments divide a wage by the state's 2023 BEA Regional Price Parity (US = 100). Receptionists, practice managers and kennel staff get a national veterinary-services median only, because BLS does not publish them by state.