Vet assistant pay in Mississippi
Vet assistants in Mississippi: $14 to $18 an hour in job ads
From 5 job ads at 4 employers, updated Oct 15, 2026
Hourly and yearly ads, kept apart
Posted hourly
$14 to $18
5 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
14%
CE allowance, 2 of 14 ads
7%
new grads welcome, 1 of 14 ads
Counted only where the ad's own words say it, Oct 15, 2026.
Hiring now in Mississippi
- Veterinary Assistant - 000633 at Banfield Pet Hospital - Gulfport, Gulfport$15 to $18.39 an hour
- Kennel Assistant - Veterinary Associates at PetVet Care Centers, GrenadaPay not stated
- Veterinary Assistant at Western Veterinary Partners, Southaven$16 to $19 an hour
Questions
What does a vet assistant make in Mississippi?
Job ads in Mississippi offer vet assistants $14 to $18 an hour, median $17, from 5 ads at 4 employers (Oct 15, 2026). The BLS median for vet assistants in Mississippi was $14.60 an hour in May 2025.
How does Mississippi compare with the US?
The median vet assistant job ad in Mississippi offers $17 an hour (5 ads), $2 less than the US median of $19 (2,267 ads), as of Oct 15, 2026.
What benefits do vet assistant jobs in Mississippi offer?
Of 14 vet assistant ads in Mississippi, 2 mention a CE allowance, 1 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.