Veterinarian pay in Kentucky
Veterinarians in Kentucky: $51,000 to $149,000 a year in job ads
From 17 job ads at 13 employers, updated Oct 15, 2026
Hourly and yearly ads, kept apart
Posted yearly
$51,000 to $149,000
17 ads, median $132,000
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
14%
CE allowance, 13 of 95 ads
23%
mentorship, 22 of 95 ads
9%
new grads welcome, 9 of 95 ads
6%
signing bonus, 6 of 95 ads
Counted only where the ad's own words say it, Oct 15, 2026.
Hiring now in Kentucky
- Veterinarian - Locum at Banfield Pet Hospital - Louisville Stony Brook, Jeffersontown$120 to $140 an hour
- Associate Veterinarian - Westside Veterinary Service at Westside Veterinary Service, LLP, Murray$120,000 to $160,000 a year
- Veterinarian - Part-Time at Banfield Pet Hospital - Florence, Florence$27,000 to $81,000 a year
Questions
What does a veterinarian make in Kentucky?
Job ads in Kentucky offer veterinarians $51,000 to $149,000 a year, median $132,000, from 17 ads at 13 employers (Oct 15, 2026). The BLS median for veterinarians in Kentucky was $104,100 a year in May 2025.
How does Kentucky compare with the US?
The median veterinarian job ad in Kentucky offers $132,000 a year (17 ads), $8,000 less than the US median of $140,000 (2,447 ads), as of Oct 15, 2026.
What benefits do veterinarian jobs in Kentucky offer?
Of 95 veterinarian ads in Kentucky, 13 mention a CE allowance, 22 mention mentorship, 9 mention welcoming new grads, 6 mention a signing bonus, 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 or add your pay anonymously.