Vet assistant pay in Ohio
Vet assistants in Ohio: $15 to $19 an hour in job ads
From 52 job ads at 46 employers, updated Oct 15, 2026
Hourly and yearly ads, kept apart
Posted hourly
$15 to $19
52 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
10%
CE allowance, 13 of 126 ads
16%
mentorship, 20 of 126 ads
7%
new grads welcome, 9 of 126 ads
Counted only where the ad's own words say it, Oct 15, 2026.
Hiring now in Ohio
- Veterinary Assistant at Banfield Pet Hospital - Cuyahoga Falls, Cuyahoga Falls$15.19 to $19.41 an hour
- Veterinary Assistant at VCA Sawmill Animal Hospital, Columbus$17 to $18 an hour
- Veterinary Assistant at VCA Findlay Animal Care Center, Findlay$17 to $20 an hour
Questions
What does a vet assistant make in Ohio?
Job ads in Ohio offer vet assistants $15 to $19 an hour, median $17, from 52 ads at 46 employers (Oct 15, 2026). The BLS median for vet assistants in Ohio was $17.47 an hour in May 2025.
How does Ohio compare with the US?
The median vet assistant job ad in Ohio offers $17 an hour (52 ads), $2 less than the US median of $19 (2,267 ads), as of Oct 15, 2026.
What benefits do vet assistant jobs in Ohio offer?
Of 126 vet assistant ads in Ohio, 13 mention a CE allowance, 20 mention mentorship, 9 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.