Vet assistant pay in Iowa

Vet assistants in Iowa: $17 to $20 an hour in job ads

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

$19 an hour, median in job ads

10th to 90th percentile, 13 ads at 9 employersBLS median $17.18 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 Iowa sits

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

Iowa $19

Pay by metro

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$19 to $25 an hour median $19, 5 ads

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

What the jobs offer

CE allowance11% (4 of 37 ads)

Mentorship11% (4 of 37 ads)

New grads welcome5% (2 of 37 ads)

Four-day week3% (1 of 37 ads)

Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 37 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 Iowa

Veterinary Assistant at Western Veterinary Partners, Cedar Rapids$15 to $18 an hour
Veterinary Assistant at Frey Pet Hospital, Cedar Rapids$15 to $18 an hour
Veterinary Assistant at VCA Edgewood Animal Hospital, Cedar Rapids$15 to $19 an hour

Questions

How much do vet assistants make in Iowa?

Job ads in Iowa offer vet assistants $17 to $20 an hour, median $19, from 13 ads at 9 employers (Nov 9, 2026). The BLS median for vet assistants in Iowa was $17.18 an hour in May 2025.

How does Iowa compare with the US?

The median vet assistant job ad in Iowa 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 Iowa offer?

Of 37 vet assistant ads in Iowa, 4 mention a CE allowance, 4 mention mentorship, 2 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 Iowa that state hourly pay, at 9 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 Iowa, $17.18 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 37 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.