Vet assistant pay in Rhode Island
Vet assistants in Rhode Island: $20 to $29 an hour in job ads
From 5 job ads at 4 employers, updated Oct 15, 2026
Hourly and yearly ads, kept apart
Posted hourly
$20 to $29
5 ads, median $22
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
23%
CE allowance, 3 of 13 ads
23%
mentorship, 3 of 13 ads
Counted only where the ad's own words say it, Oct 15, 2026.
Hiring now in Rhode Island
- Veterinary Assistant Experienced at VCA Atwood Animal Hospital, Cranston$20 to $24 an hour
- Veterinary Assistant at Coventry Animal Hospital, Coventry$22 to $28 an hour
- Veterinary Assistant at Banfield Pet Hospital - Warwick, Warwick$17.60 to $22.49 an hour
Questions
What does a vet assistant make in Rhode Island?
Job ads in Rhode Island offer vet assistants $20 to $29 an hour, median $22, from 5 ads at 4 employers (Oct 15, 2026). The BLS median for vet assistants in Rhode Island was $23.93 an hour in May 2025.
How does Rhode Island compare with the US?
The median vet assistant job ad in Rhode Island offers $22 an hour (5 ads), $3 more than the US median of $19 (2,267 ads), as of Oct 15, 2026.
What benefits do vet assistant jobs in Rhode Island offer?
Of 13 vet assistant ads in Rhode Island, 3 mention a CE allowance, 3 mention mentorship, 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.