Vet assistant pay in Georgia

Vet assistants in Georgia: $14 to $20 an hour in job ads

From 98 job ads at 16 employers, updated Nov 9, 2026

$18 an hour, median in job ads

10th to 90th percentile, 98 ads at 16 employersBLS median $17.24 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 Georgia sits

Each ball is one state's median vet assistant pay in job ads. Georgia pays more than 12 of the 42 states with enough ads.

Georgia $18

Pay by metro

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$14 to $20 an hour median $18, 73 ads

Savannah, GA$17 to $19 an hour median $18, 6 ads

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

What the jobs offer

CE allowance14% (33 of 234 ads)

New grads welcome11% (26 of 234 ads)

Mentorship10% (23 of 234 ads)

Four-day week0% (1 of 234 ads)

Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 234 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 Georgia

Veterinary Assistant - 001029 at Banfield Pet Hospital - Woodstock, Woodstock$16.47 to $21.05 an hour
Kennel Assistant at Chateau Animal Hospital, Braselton$13 an hour
Veterinary Assistant at Moreland Animal Hospital, Moreland$18 to $22 an hour

Questions

How much do vet assistants make in Georgia?

Job ads in Georgia offer vet assistants $14 to $20 an hour, median $18, from 98 ads at 16 employers (Nov 9, 2026). The BLS median for vet assistants in Georgia was $17.24 an hour in May 2025.

How does Georgia compare with the US?

The median vet assistant job ad in Georgia offers $18 an hour (98 ads), $2 less than the US median of $20 (3,115 ads), as of Nov 9, 2026.

Which Georgia cities pay vet assistants the most?

In job ads, the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA area has the highest median for vet assistants, $18 an hour from 73 ads. Savannah, GA: $18 (6 ads). Only metros with 5 or more ads are counted (Nov 9, 2026).

What benefits do vet assistant jobs in Georgia offer?

Of 234 vet assistant ads in Georgia, 33 mention a CE allowance, 23 mention mentorship, 26 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. 98 open vet assistant ads in Georgia that state hourly pay, at 16 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 Georgia, $17.24 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 234 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.