Veterinarian pay in Rhode Island
Veterinarians in Rhode Island: $120,000 to $190,000 a year in job ads
From 8 job ads at 6 employers, updated Oct 15, 2026
Hourly and yearly ads, kept apart
Posted yearly
$120,000 to $190,000
8 ads, median $147,000
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
19%
CE allowance, 6 of 32 ads
22%
mentorship, 7 of 32 ads
9%
new grads welcome, 3 of 32 ads
Counted only where the ad's own words say it, Oct 15, 2026.
Hiring now in Rhode Island
- Associate Veterinarian at Coventry Animal Hospital - Coventry Animal Hospital at Mission Pet Health, CoventryPay not stated
- Tri-State Region Professional Services Veterinarian-Companion Animal at Merck & Co Inc, Providence$142,400 to $224,100 a year
- Veterinarian - Part-Time at Banfield Pet Hospital - Warwick, Warwick$78,000 to $113,400 a year
Questions
What does a veterinarian make in Rhode Island?
Job ads in Rhode Island offer veterinarians $120,000 to $190,000 a year, median $147,000, from 8 ads at 6 employers (Oct 15, 2026). The BLS median for veterinarians in Rhode Island was $126,570 a year in May 2025.
How does Rhode Island compare with the US?
The median veterinarian job ad in Rhode Island offers $147,000 a year (8 ads), $7,000 more than the US median of $140,000 (2,447 ads), as of Oct 15, 2026.
What benefits do veterinarian jobs in Rhode Island offer?
Of 32 veterinarian ads in Rhode Island, 6 mention a CE allowance, 7 mention mentorship, 3 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 or add your pay anonymously.