Vet assistant pay in Alabama
Vet assistants in Alabama: $13 to $18 an hour in job ads
From 28 job ads at 10 employers, updated Nov 9, 2026
$16 an hour, median in job ads
Updated Nov 9, 2026. Each employer counts once, however many ads it posts. Hourly ads only, never converted.
Hourly and yearly ads, kept apart
Posted hourly$13 to $18 median $16
Posted yearly$95,000 median $95,000
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.
Where Alabama sits
Pay by metro
Birmingham, AL$14 to $17 an hour median $15, 8 ads
Only metros with 5 or more ads are shown. BLS medians are May 2025.
What the jobs offer
CE allowance9% (9 of 97 ads)
Mentorship7% (7 of 97 ads)
New grads welcome3% (3 of 97 ads)
Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 97 open vet assistant 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%.
Hiring now in Alabama
- Gulf Shores - Small Animal Internal Medicine, Clinical Track, Assistant/Associate Professor or Professor of Practice at Auburn Veterinary Specialists - Gulf Shores, Gulf Shores$155,000 to $200,000 a year
- Kennel Assistant at Nall Daniels Animal Hospital, Birmingham$14 to $16 an hour
- Experienced Veterinary Assistant - Trussville, AL (Part time) at A Caring Doctor (Minnesota), P.A., Birmingham$15.65 to $20 an hour
Questions
How much do vet assistants make in Alabama?
Job ads in Alabama offer vet assistants $13 to $18 an hour, median $16, from 28 ads at 10 employers (Nov 9, 2026). The BLS median for vet assistants in Alabama was $17.21 an hour in May 2025.
How does Alabama compare with the US?
The median vet assistant job ad in Alabama offers $16 an hour (28 ads), $4 less than the US median of $20 (3,115 ads), as of Nov 9, 2026.
What benefits do vet assistant jobs in Alabama offer?
Of 97 vet assistant ads in Alabama, 9 mention a CE allowance, 7 mention mentorship, 3 mention welcoming new grads, as of Nov 9, 2026. Only what the ad itself says is counted.
Sources
- Job ads, Nov 9, 2026. 28 open vet assistant ads in Alabama that state hourly pay, at 10 employers. 10 yearly 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 vet assistants in Alabama, $17.21 an hour, 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 97 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.