Vet assistant pay in Kentucky
Vet assistants in Kentucky: $16 to $19 an hour in job ads
From 20 job ads at 12 employers, updated Oct 15, 2026
Hourly and yearly ads, kept apart
Posted hourly
$16 to $19
20 ads, median $17
Each range runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile of the ads' stated pay (the middle of each ad's range). An ad that states no unit is not counted, and hourly is never converted to yearly.
What the jobs offer
27%
CE allowance, 13 of 49 ads
16%
mentorship, 8 of 49 ads
18%
new grads welcome, 9 of 49 ads
Counted only where the ad's own words say it, Oct 15, 2026.
Hiring now in Kentucky
- Veterinary Assistant at Banfield Pet Hospital - Louisville Stony Brook, Jeffersontown$15.19 to $19.41 an hour
- Overnight Emergency Equine Veterinary Assistant - Hagyard Equine Medical Institute at PetVet Care Centers, Lexington$16 to $18 an hour
- Lead Veterinary Assistant at Chevy Chase Animal Clinic, Lexington$18 to $19 an hour
Questions
What does a vet assistant make in Kentucky?
Job ads in Kentucky offer vet assistants $16 to $19 an hour, median $17, from 20 ads at 12 employers (Oct 15, 2026). The BLS median for vet assistants in Kentucky was $16.41 an hour in May 2025.
How does Kentucky compare with the US?
The median vet assistant job ad in Kentucky offers $17 an hour (20 ads), $2 less than the US median of $19 (2,267 ads), as of Oct 15, 2026.
What benefits do vet assistant jobs in Kentucky offer?
Of 49 vet assistant ads in Kentucky, 13 mention a CE allowance, 8 mention mentorship, 9 mention welcoming new grads, as of Oct 15, 2026. Only what the ad itself says is counted.
Job-ad pay is read from employers' own job feeds and careers pages, each figure kept with the ad's own sentence. See also how often vets leave their practice.