Vet tech pay in Maine

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

From 18 job ads at 12 employers, updated Nov 9, 2026

$26 an hour, median in job ads

10th to 90th percentile, 18 ads at 12 employersBLS median $24.43 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.

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Where Maine sits

Each ball is one state's median vet tech pay in job ads. Maine pays more than 28 of the 49 states with enough ads.

Maine $26

Pay by metro

Portland-South Portland, ME$25 to $30 an hour median $28, 8 ads

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

What the jobs offer

Mentorship6% (4 of 70 ads)

Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 70 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 Maine

Full-Time Licensed Veterinary Technician at North Deering Veterinary Hospital$28 to $32 an hour
Licensed Veterinary Technician at Lisbon Road Animal Hospital, Lewiston$23 to $26 an hour
Licensed Veterinary Technician at Androscoggin Animal Hospital, Topsham$22 to $24 an hour

Questions

How much do vet techs make in Maine?

Job ads in Maine offer vet techs $25 to $30 an hour, median $26, from 18 ads at 12 employers (Nov 9, 2026). The BLS median for vet techs in Maine was $24.43 an hour in May 2025.

How does Maine compare with the US?

The median vet tech job ad in Maine offers $26 an hour (18 ads), $1 more than the US median of $25 (3,935 ads), as of Nov 9, 2026.

What benefits do vet tech jobs in Maine offer?

Of 70 vet tech ads in Maine, 4 mention mentorship, as of Nov 9, 2026. Only what the ad itself says is counted.

Sources

Job ads, Nov 9, 2026. 18 open vet tech ads in Maine that state hourly pay, at 12 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 Maine, $24.43 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 70 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.