Vet assistant pay in Missouri
Vet assistants in Missouri: $17 to $19 an hour in job ads
From 25 job ads at 17 employers, updated Oct 15, 2026
Hourly and yearly ads, kept apart
Posted hourly
$17 to $19
25 ads, median $18
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
21%
CE allowance, 15 of 72 ads
17%
mentorship, 12 of 72 ads
11%
new grads welcome, 8 of 72 ads
Counted only where the ad's own words say it, Oct 15, 2026.
Hiring now in Missouri
- Veterinary Assistant at Vogel Veterinary Hospital, Arnold$15 to $18 an hour
- Veterinary Assistant - 005226 at Banfield Pet Hospital - Chesterfield, MO, Chesterfield$15.99 to $20.44 an hour
- Emergency Veterinary Assistant (Weekend Shift) - Animal Emergency Clinic - St. Louis at PetVet Care Centers, KirkwoodPay not stated
Questions
What does a vet assistant make in Missouri?
Job ads in Missouri offer vet assistants $17 to $19 an hour, median $18, from 25 ads at 17 employers (Oct 15, 2026). The BLS median for vet assistants in Missouri was $17.62 an hour in May 2025.
How does Missouri compare with the US?
The median vet assistant job ad in Missouri offers $18 an hour (25 ads), $1 less than the US median of $19 (2,267 ads), as of Oct 15, 2026.
What benefits do vet assistant jobs in Missouri offer?
Of 72 vet assistant ads in Missouri, 15 mention a CE allowance, 12 mention mentorship, 8 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.