Vet assistant pay in Montana

Vet assistants in Montana: $17 to $21 an hour in job ads

From 11 job ads at 6 employers, updated Nov 9, 2026

$20 an hour, median in job ads

10th to 90th percentile, 11 ads at 6 employersBLS median $18.43 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 Montana sits

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

Montana $20

Pay by metro

Bozeman, MT$18 to $21 an hour median $20, 6 ads

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

What the jobs offer

CE allowance5% (1 of 20 ads)

Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 20 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 Montana

Veterinary Assistant - Equine & Small Animal at Western Veterinary Partners, Bozeman$19 to $22 an hour
Veterinary Assistant at Alpine Animal Clinic, Helena$17 to $20 an hour
Veterinary Assistant - Equine & Small Animal at All West Veterinary Hospital, Bozeman$19 to $22 an hour

Questions

How much do vet assistants make in Montana?

Job ads in Montana offer vet assistants $17 to $21 an hour, median $20, from 11 ads at 6 employers (Nov 9, 2026). The BLS median for vet assistants in Montana was $18.43 an hour in May 2025.

How does Montana compare with the US?

The median vet assistant job ad in Montana offers $20 an hour (11 ads), the same as the US median of $20 (3,115 ads), as of Nov 9, 2026.

What benefits do vet assistant jobs in Montana offer?

Of 20 vet assistant ads in Montana, 1 mention a CE allowance, as of Nov 9, 2026. Only what the ad itself says is counted.

Sources

Job ads, Nov 9, 2026. 11 open vet assistant ads in Montana that state hourly pay, at 6 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 Montana, $18.43 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 20 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.