Vet assistant pay in New Hampshire
Vet assistants in New Hampshire: $18 to $21 an hour in job ads
From 14 job ads at 7 employers, updated Oct 15, 2026
Hourly and yearly ads, kept apart
Posted hourly
$18 to $21
14 ads, median $20
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.
Pay by metro
| Metro | Posted range | Ads | BLS median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $19 to $32 an hour | 10 | $22.01 |
Only metros with 5 or more ads are shown. BLS medians are May 2025.
What the jobs offer
21%
CE allowance, 9 of 43 ads
23%
mentorship, 10 of 43 ads
14%
new grads welcome, 6 of 43 ads
Counted only where the ad's own words say it, Oct 15, 2026.
Hiring now in New Hampshire
- Veterinary Assistant - 004037 at Banfield Merrimack$17.60 to $22.49 an hour
- Veterinary Assistant at Banfield Pet Hospital - Salem Tuscan Village, Salem$17.60 to $22.49 an hour
- Veterinary Assistant at Banfield Pet Hospital - Manchester, NH, Manchester$17.60 to $22.49 an hour
Questions
What does a vet assistant make in New Hampshire?
Job ads in New Hampshire offer vet assistants $18 to $21 an hour, median $20, from 14 ads at 7 employers (Oct 15, 2026). The BLS median for vet assistants in New Hampshire was $17.74 an hour in May 2025.
How does New Hampshire compare with the US?
The median vet assistant job ad in New Hampshire offers $20 an hour (14 ads), $1 more than the US median of $19 (2,267 ads), as of Oct 15, 2026.
What benefits do vet assistant jobs in New Hampshire offer?
Of 43 vet assistant ads in New Hampshire, 9 mention a CE allowance, 10 mention mentorship, 6 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.