Veterinarian pay in the US
Veterinarians in the US: $115,000 to $200,000 a year in job ads
From 2,787 job ads at 490 employers, updated Nov 9, 2026
$148,000 a year, median in job ads
Updated Nov 9, 2026. Each employer counts once, however many ads it posts. Yearly ads only, never converted.
Hourly and yearly ads, kept apart
Posted hourly$41 to $136 median $95
Posted yearly$115,000 to $200,000 median $148,000
Each range runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile across employers. Each employer counts once, at the middle of its own ads' stated pay, so a group hiring at many hospitals is one employer. An ad that states no unit is not counted, and hourly is never converted to yearly.
Pay by state
Median veterinarian pay a year in job ads, highest first. Tap a state for its page.
- California$165,000523 ads
- Nevada$160,00027 ads
- New York$155,000204 ads
- Vermont$155,0006 ads
- Tennessee$153,00040 ads
- Arizona$150,00072 ads
- Idaho$150,00020 ads
- Indiana$150,00028 ads
- Maryland$150,00059 ads
- Massachusetts$150,00075 ads
- Michigan$150,00043 ads
- Oregon$149,00049 ads
- Georgia$148,00037 ads
- New Jersey$148,00054 ads
- Maine$146,00011 ads
- New Hampshire$145,0008 ads
- Texas$145,000136 ads
- Utah$145,00018 ads
- Florida$143,000148 ads
- Virginia$141,00096 ads
- Washington DC$141,0009 ads
- Missouri$140,00026 ads
- Washington$140,000142 ads
- Hawaii$139,0007 ads
- Illinois$139,000104 ads
- Colorado$138,000113 ads
- Minnesota$138,00046 ads
- Pennsylvania$136,00061 ads
- Delaware$135,00010 ads
- Kentucky$135,00014 ads
- Ohio$135,00055 ads
- Rhode Island$135,0005 ads
- South Carolina$135,00037 ads
- Wisconsin$135,00022 ads
- Connecticut$133,00018 ads
- North Carolina$132,00091 ads
- Iowa$130,00010 ads
- Louisiana$128,0009 ads
- New Mexico$128,0006 ads
- Alabama$125,00011 ads
- Arkansas$120,0009 ads
- Oklahoma$118,00017 ads
- Kansas$110,0006 ads
- Nebraska$110,0005 ads
- Mississippi$103,0005 ads
Ball size shows how many ads each median rests on.
States with 5 or more veterinarian ads stating pay, Nov 9, 2026.
What the jobs offer
Mentorship15% (1,908 of 13,049 ads)
CE allowance12% (1,548 of 13,049 ads)
New grads welcome6% (726 of 13,049 ads)
Signing bonus3% (420 of 13,049 ads)
Four-day week0% (63 of 13,049 ads)
Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 13,049 open veterinarian ads on Nov 9, 2026, including ads that state no pay. The pay figures above use only ads that state hourly or yearly pay. Each ball is 10%.
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Questions
How much do veterinarians make?
Job ads in the US offer veterinarians $115,000 to $200,000 a year, median $148,000, from 2,787 ads at 490 employers (Nov 9, 2026). The BLS median for veterinarians in the US was $130,100 a year in May 2025.
Which states pay veterinarians the most?
Among states with 5 or more veterinarian ads stating pay, the highest medians are California at $165,000 a year (523 ads), Nevada at $160,000 a year (27 ads), New York at $155,000 a year (204 ads), as of Nov 9, 2026.
What benefits do veterinarian jobs offer?
Of 13,049 veterinarian ads, 1,548 mention a CE allowance, 1,908 mention mentorship, 726 mention welcoming new grads, 63 mention a four-day week, 420 mention a signing bonus, as of Nov 9, 2026. Only what the ad itself says is counted.
Sources
- Job ads, Nov 9, 2026. 2,787 open veterinarian ads in the US that state yearly pay, at 490 employers. 266 hourly ads are shown apart. An ad that states pay with no hour or year is left out. Read from employers' own job feeds and careers pages.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025. Median pay for veterinarians in the US, $130,100 a year, from a survey of employers. A separate source from the job ads, shown beside them and never mixed in.
- Benefits, Nov 9, 2026. Counted across all 13,049 open ads, whether or not they state pay.
Each job-ad figure is kept with the ad's own sentence. See also how often vets leave their practice or add your pay anonymously.