Vet assistant pay in Florida

Vet assistants in Florida: $15 to $21 an hour in job ads

From 189 job ads at 25 employers, updated Nov 9, 2026

$17 an hour, median in job ads

10th to 90th percentile, 189 ads at 25 employersBLS median $18.19 an hour, May 2025 (a separate source)

Updated Nov 9, 2026. Each employer counts once, however many ads it posts. Hourly ads only, never converted.

Where Florida sits

Each ball is one state's median vet assistant pay in job ads. Florida pays more than 6 of the 42 states with enough ads.

Pay by metro

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$17 to $23 an hour median $19, 50 ads

Jacksonville, FL$15 to $19 an hour median $18, 20 ads

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$17 to $21 an hour median $18, 6 ads

Port St. Lucie, FL$18 an hour median $18, 8 ads

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$16 to $18 an hour median $17, 6 ads

Gainesville, FL$16 to $17 an hour median $17, 7 ads

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$17 to $18 an hour median $17, 5 ads

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$17 an hour median $17, 6 ads

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$16 to $22 an hour median $17, 25 ads

Tallahassee, FL$16 an hour median $16, 6 ads

Only metros with 5 or more ads are shown. BLS medians are May 2025.

What the jobs offer

CE allowance36% (137 of 377 ads)

Mentorship25% (93 of 377 ads)

New grads welcome15% (58 of 377 ads)

Four-day week0% (1 of 377 ads)

Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 377 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 Florida

Questions

How much do vet assistants make in Florida?

Job ads in Florida offer vet assistants $15 to $21 an hour, median $17, from 189 ads at 25 employers (Nov 9, 2026). The BLS median for vet assistants in Florida was $18.19 an hour in May 2025.

How does Florida compare with the US?

The median vet assistant job ad in Florida offers $17 an hour (189 ads), $3 less than the US median of $20 (3,115 ads), as of Nov 9, 2026.

Which Florida cities pay vet assistants the most?

In job ads, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area has the highest median for vet assistants, $19 an hour from 50 ads. Jacksonville, FL: $18 (20 ads); Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL: $18 (6 ads); Port St. Lucie, FL: $18 (8 ads). Only metros with 5 or more ads are counted (Nov 9, 2026).

What benefits do vet assistant jobs in Florida offer?

Of 377 vet assistant ads in Florida, 137 mention a CE allowance, 93 mention mentorship, 58 mention welcoming new grads, 1 mention a four-day week, as of Nov 9, 2026. Only what the ad itself says is counted.

Sources

  • Job ads, Nov 9, 2026. 189 open vet assistant ads in Florida that state hourly pay, at 25 employers. 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 Florida, $18.19 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 377 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.