Vet assistant pay in Idaho

Vet assistants in Idaho: $16 to $22 an hour in job ads

From 13 job ads at 8 employers, updated Nov 9, 2026

$19 an hour, median in job ads

10th to 90th percentile, 13 ads at 8 employersBLS median $18.04 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 Idaho sits

Each ball is one state's median vet assistant pay in job ads. Idaho pays more than 16 of the 42 states with enough ads.

Idaho $19

What the jobs offer

CE allowance10% (3 of 29 ads)

Mentorship10% (3 of 29 ads)

New grads welcome3% (1 of 29 ads)

Four-day week3% (1 of 29 ads)

Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 29 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 Idaho

Veterinary Assistant (Part Time) - Sawtooth Animal Center at PetVet Care Centers, Bellevue$18 to $22 an hour
Veterinary Assistant at Sun Valley Animal Center Downtown, Ketchum$17 to $27 an hour
Part-Time Animal Care Specialist - Sun Valley Animal Center at PetVet Care Centers, Ketchum$17 to $19 an hour

Questions

How much do vet assistants make in Idaho?

Job ads in Idaho offer vet assistants $16 to $22 an hour, median $19, from 13 ads at 8 employers (Nov 9, 2026). The BLS median for vet assistants in Idaho was $18.04 an hour in May 2025.

How does Idaho compare with the US?

The median vet assistant job ad in Idaho offers $19 an hour (13 ads), $1 less than the US median of $20 (3,115 ads), as of Nov 9, 2026.

What benefits do vet assistant jobs in Idaho offer?

Of 29 vet assistant ads in Idaho, 3 mention a CE allowance, 3 mention mentorship, 1 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. 13 open vet assistant ads in Idaho that state hourly pay, at 8 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 Idaho, $18.04 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 29 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.