Vet assistant pay in Utah
Vet assistants in Utah: $17 to $22 an hour in job ads
From 16 job ads at 14 employers, updated Oct 15, 2026
Hourly and yearly ads, kept apart
Posted hourly
$17 to $22
16 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
24%
CE allowance, 9 of 37 ads
11%
mentorship, 4 of 37 ads
5%
new grads welcome, 2 of 37 ads
3%
four-day week, 1 of 37 ads
Counted only where the ad's own words say it, Oct 15, 2026.
Hiring now in Utah
- Veterinary Assistant at Western Veterinary Partners, American Fork$18 to $20 an hour
- Veterinary Assistant at Priority Pet Care Veterinary Hospital, Pleasant View$13 to $19 an hour
- Veterinary Assistant at VCA Timpanogos Animal Hospital, Pleasant Grove$16.50 to $20 an hour
Questions
What does a vet assistant make in Utah?
Job ads in Utah offer vet assistants $17 to $22 an hour, median $18, from 16 ads at 14 employers (Oct 15, 2026). The BLS median for vet assistants in Utah was $18.06 an hour in May 2025.
How does Utah compare with the US?
The median vet assistant job ad in Utah offers $18 an hour (16 ads), $1 less than the US median of $19 (2,267 ads), as of Oct 15, 2026.
What benefits do vet assistant jobs in Utah offer?
Of 37 vet assistant ads in Utah, 9 mention a CE allowance, 4 mention mentorship, 2 mention welcoming new grads, 1 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.