Vet assistant pay in Michigan

Vet assistants in Michigan: $16 to $19 an hour in job ads

From 41 job ads at 14 employers, updated Nov 9, 2026

$19 an hour, median in job ads

10th to 90th percentile, 41 ads at 14 employersBLS median $18.25 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 Michigan sits

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

Michigan $19

Pay by metro

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$18 to $19 an hour median $19, 21 ads

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

What the jobs offer

CE allowance12% (13 of 106 ads)

Mentorship8% (8 of 106 ads)

New grads welcome4% (4 of 106 ads)

Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 106 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 Michigan

Veterinary Assistant at Columbia Pike Animal Hospital & Emergency Center, Berkley$17 to $21 an hour
Veterinary Assistant Surgery at VCA Animal Hospitals, Kalamazoo$18 to $31 an hour
Veterinary Assistant at Western Veterinary Partners, Novi$17 to $20 an hour

Questions

How much do vet assistants make in Michigan?

Job ads in Michigan offer vet assistants $16 to $19 an hour, median $19, from 41 ads at 14 employers (Nov 9, 2026). The BLS median for vet assistants in Michigan was $18.25 an hour in May 2025.

How does Michigan compare with the US?

The median vet assistant job ad in Michigan offers $19 an hour (41 ads), $1 less than the US median of $20 (3,115 ads), as of Nov 9, 2026.

What benefits do vet assistant jobs in Michigan offer?

Of 106 vet assistant ads in Michigan, 13 mention a CE allowance, 8 mention mentorship, 4 mention welcoming new grads, as of Nov 9, 2026. Only what the ad itself says is counted.

Sources

Job ads, Nov 9, 2026. 41 open vet assistant ads in Michigan that state hourly pay, at 14 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 Michigan, $18.25 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 106 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.