Vet assistant pay in Michigan
Vet assistants in Michigan: $16 to $20 an hour in job ads
From 24 job ads at 19 employers, updated Oct 15, 2026
Hourly and yearly ads, kept apart
Posted hourly
$16 to $20
24 ads, median $19
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
12%
CE allowance, 12 of 102 ads
9%
mentorship, 9 of 102 ads
4%
new grads welcome, 4 of 102 ads
Counted only where the ad's own words say it, Oct 15, 2026.
Hiring now in Michigan
- Veterinary Assistant at Ithaca Animal Hospital, Ithaca$14 to $16 an hour
- Veterinary Assistant Surgery at VCA Animal Hospitals, Kalamazoo$18 to $31 an hour
- Veterinary Assistant at Southern Veterinary Partners LLC, Roscommon$14 to $17 an hour
Questions
What does a vet assistant make in Michigan?
Job ads in Michigan offer vet assistants $16 to $20 an hour, median $19, from 24 ads at 19 employers (Oct 15, 2026). The BLS median for vet assistants in Michigan was $18.25 an hour in May 2025.
How does Michigan compare with the US?
The median vet assistant job ad in Michigan offers $19 an hour (24 ads), the same as the US median of $19 (2,267 ads), as of Oct 15, 2026.
What benefits do vet assistant jobs in Michigan offer?
Of 102 vet assistant ads in Michigan, 12 mention a CE allowance, 9 mention mentorship, 4 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.