Veterinarian pay in Missouri
Veterinarians in Missouri: $115,000 to $158,000 a year in job ads
From 23 job ads at 23 employers, updated Oct 15, 2026
Hourly and yearly ads, kept apart
Posted yearly
$115,000 to $158,000
23 ads, median $140,000
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
5%
CE allowance, 7 of 141 ads
27%
mentorship, 38 of 141 ads
3%
new grads welcome, 4 of 141 ads
1%
signing bonus, 1 of 141 ads
Counted only where the ad's own words say it, Oct 15, 2026.
Hiring now in Missouri
- Veterinarian at Banfield Pet Hospital - Independence, Independence$45,000 to $110,000 a year
- Associate Veterinarian at Spring Valley Veterinary Hospital - West, SpringfieldPay not stated
- Veterinarian at Banfield Mehlville$45,000 to $110,000 a year
Questions
What does a veterinarian make in Missouri?
Job ads in Missouri offer veterinarians $115,000 to $158,000 a year, median $140,000, from 23 ads at 23 employers (Oct 15, 2026). The BLS median for veterinarians in Missouri was $114,660 a year in May 2025.
How does Missouri compare with the US?
The median veterinarian job ad in Missouri offers $140,000 a year (23 ads), the same as the US median of $140,000 (2,447 ads), as of Oct 15, 2026.
What benefits do veterinarian jobs in Missouri offer?
Of 141 veterinarian ads in Missouri, 7 mention a CE allowance, 38 mention mentorship, 4 mention welcoming new grads, 1 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.