Vet tech pay in Alaska

Vet techs in Alaska: $25 to $30 an hour in job ads

From 12 job ads at 6 employers, updated Nov 9, 2026

$27 an hour, median in job ads

10th to 90th percentile, 12 ads at 6 employersBLS median $22.35 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.

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Where Alaska sits

Each ball is one state's median vet tech pay in job ads. Alaska pays more than 34 of the 49 states with enough ads.

Alaska $27

Pay by metro

Anchorage, AK$25 to $30 an hour median $27, 10 ads

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

What the jobs offer

CE allowance12% (4 of 33 ads)

Mentorship12% (4 of 33 ads)

Four-day week6% (2 of 33 ads)

Signing bonus3% (1 of 33 ads)

Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 33 open vet tech 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 Alaska

Veterinary Technician at VCA Alpine Animal Hospital, Anchorage$25 to $30 an hour
Veterinary Technician at VCA East Anchorage Animal Hospital, Anchorage$25 to $28 an hour
Associate Anesthesia Technician - Providence Alaska Medical Center at Providence Health and Services, Anchorage$21.16 to $32.37 an hour

Questions

How much do vet techs make in Alaska?

Job ads in Alaska offer vet techs $25 to $30 an hour, median $27, from 12 ads at 6 employers (Nov 9, 2026). The BLS median for vet techs in Alaska was $22.35 an hour in May 2025.

How does Alaska compare with the US?

The median vet tech job ad in Alaska offers $27 an hour (12 ads), $2 more than the US median of $25 (3,935 ads), as of Nov 9, 2026.

What benefits do vet tech jobs in Alaska offer?

Of 33 vet tech ads in Alaska, 4 mention a CE allowance, 4 mention mentorship, 2 mention a four-day week, 1 mention a signing bonus, as of Nov 9, 2026. Only what the ad itself says is counted.

Sources

Job ads, Nov 9, 2026. 12 open vet tech ads in Alaska 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 techs in Alaska, $22.35 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 33 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 or add your pay anonymously.