Vet assistant pay in Minnesota

Vet assistants in Minnesota: $17 to $23 an hour in job ads

From 84 job ads at 27 employers, updated Nov 9, 2026

$20 an hour, median in job ads

10th to 90th percentile, 84 ads at 27 employersBLS median $21.77 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 Minnesota sits

Each ball is one state's median vet assistant pay in job ads. Minnesota pays more than 24 of the 42 states with enough ads.

Minnesota $20

Pay by metro

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$18 to $23 an hour median $20, 59 ads

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

What the jobs offer

CE allowance41% (46 of 111 ads)

New grads welcome13% (14 of 111 ads)

Mentorship12% (13 of 111 ads)

Four-day week1% (1 of 111 ads)

Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 111 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 Minnesota

Veterinary Assistant - 005032 at Banfield Pet Hospital - Apple Valley, MN, Apple Valley$16.79 to $21.46 an hour
Veterinary Assistant - Day/Swing Shifts at Lakefield Veterinary Group, Apple Valley$18 to $22 an hour
Veterinary Assistant/Client Care - Companions Animal Hospital at Companions Animal Hospital, Companions Animal Hospital - St. Cloud$16 to $19 an hour

Questions

How much do vet assistants make in Minnesota?

Job ads in Minnesota offer vet assistants $17 to $23 an hour, median $20, from 84 ads at 27 employers (Nov 9, 2026). The BLS median for vet assistants in Minnesota was $21.77 an hour in May 2025.

How does Minnesota compare with the US?

The median vet assistant job ad in Minnesota offers $20 an hour (84 ads), the same as the US median of $20 (3,115 ads), as of Nov 9, 2026.

What benefits do vet assistant jobs in Minnesota offer?

Of 111 vet assistant ads in Minnesota, 46 mention a CE allowance, 13 mention mentorship, 14 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. 84 open vet assistant ads in Minnesota that state hourly pay, at 27 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 Minnesota, $21.77 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 111 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.