Vet assistant pay in Maine
Vet assistants in Maine: $19 to $25 an hour in job ads
From 9 job ads at 8 employers, updated Oct 15, 2026
Hourly and yearly ads, kept apart
Posted hourly
$19 to $25
9 ads, median $22
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
8%
CE allowance, 2 of 25 ads
12%
mentorship, 3 of 25 ads
Counted only where the ad's own words say it, Oct 15, 2026.
Hiring now in Maine
- Animal Care Supervisor at Petco, Topsham$18.75 to $29.25 an hour
- Veterinary Assistant at Cape Veterinary Clinic, South Portland$20 to $25 an hour
- Veterinary Assistant Experienced at VCA Lewiston Animal Hospital, Lewiston$20 to $25 an hour
Questions
What does a vet assistant make in Maine?
Job ads in Maine offer vet assistants $19 to $25 an hour, median $22, from 9 ads at 8 employers (Oct 15, 2026). The BLS median for vet assistants in Maine was $21.88 an hour in May 2025.
How does Maine compare with the US?
The median vet assistant job ad in Maine offers $22 an hour (9 ads), $3 more than the US median of $19 (2,267 ads), as of Oct 15, 2026.
What benefits do vet assistant jobs in Maine offer?
Of 25 vet assistant ads in Maine, 2 mention a CE allowance, 3 mention mentorship, 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.