Vet assistant pay in New Mexico
Vet assistants in New Mexico: $17 to $22 an hour in job ads
From 8 job ads at 6 employers, updated Oct 15, 2026
Hourly and yearly ads, kept apart
Posted hourly
$17 to $22
8 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.
What the jobs offer
7%
mentorship, 1 of 14 ads
7%
new grads welcome, 1 of 14 ads
21%
four-day week, 3 of 14 ads
Counted only where the ad's own words say it, Oct 15, 2026.
Hiring now in New Mexico
- Veterinary Assistant at A Caring Doctor (Minnesota), P.A.$15.19 to $19.41 an hour
- Kennel Worker AF at City of Rio Rancho, Rio Rancho$16.37 to $20.46 an hour
- Veterinary Assistant - Internal Medicine at VCA Animal Hospitals, Albuquerque$18 to $26 an hour
Questions
What does a vet assistant make in New Mexico?
Job ads in New Mexico offer vet assistants $17 to $22 an hour, median $20, from 8 ads at 6 employers (Oct 15, 2026). The BLS median for vet assistants in New Mexico was $18.03 an hour in May 2025.
How does New Mexico compare with the US?
The median vet assistant job ad in New Mexico offers $20 an hour (8 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 Mexico offer?
Of 14 vet assistant ads in New Mexico, 1 mention mentorship, 1 mention welcoming new grads, 3 mention a four-day week, 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.