Vet assistant pay in New Mexico

Vet assistants in New Mexico: $16 to $23 an hour in job ads

From 15 job ads at 8 employers, updated Nov 9, 2026

$18 an hour, median in job ads

10th to 90th percentile, 15 ads at 8 employersBLS median $18.03 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 New Mexico sits

Each ball is one state's median vet assistant pay in job ads. New Mexico pays more than 12 of the 42 states with enough ads.

New Mexico $18

Pay by metro

Albuquerque, NM$18 to $24 an hour median $18, 11 ads

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

What the jobs offer

Four-day week19% (6 of 31 ads)

CE allowance10% (3 of 31 ads)

Mentorship6% (2 of 31 ads)

New grads welcome3% (1 of 31 ads)

Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 31 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 New Mexico

Veterinary Assistant - Ophthalmologist at VCA Animal Hospitals, Albuquerque$18 to $26 an hour
Animal Health Assistant (Developmental) - NF-02/NF-03 at U.S. Army Medical Command, Kirtland AFB$15 to $20 an hour
Veterinary Assistant at Western Veterinary Partners, Bernalillo$16.50 to $20 an hour

Questions

How much do vet assistants make in New Mexico?

Job ads in New Mexico offer vet assistants $16 to $23 an hour, median $18, from 15 ads at 8 employers (Nov 9, 2026). The BLS median for vet assistants in New Mexico was $18.03 an hour in May 2025.

How does New Mexico compare with the US?

The median vet assistant job ad in New Mexico offers $18 an hour (15 ads), $2 less than the US median of $20 (3,115 ads), as of Nov 9, 2026.

What benefits do vet assistant jobs in New Mexico offer?

Of 31 vet assistant ads in New Mexico, 3 mention a CE allowance, 2 mention mentorship, 1 mention welcoming new grads, 6 mention a four-day week, as of Nov 9, 2026. Only what the ad itself says is counted.

Sources

Job ads, Nov 9, 2026. 15 open vet assistant ads in New Mexico 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 New Mexico, $18.03 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 31 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.