Vet tech pay in Massachusetts

Vet techs in Massachusetts: $22 to $33 an hour in job ads

From 181 job ads at 45 employers, updated Nov 9, 2026

$27 an hour, median in job ads

10th to 90th percentile, 181 ads at 45 employersBLS median $23.82 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 Massachusetts sits

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

Massachusetts $27

Pay by metro

Barnstable Town, MA$27 to $28 an hour median $28, 13 ads

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$23 to $34 an hour median $27, 128 ads

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$24 to $28 an hour median $26, 9 ads

Worcester, MA$22 to $31 an hour median $26, 18 ads

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

What the jobs offer

Mentorship17% (46 of 263 ads)

CE allowance16% (41 of 263 ads)

Signing bonus5% (14 of 263 ads)

New grads welcome4% (10 of 263 ads)

Four-day week3% (8 of 263 ads)

Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 263 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 Massachusetts

Anesthesia Nurse (Float) at Cape Cod Veterinary Specialists, Buzzards Bay$22 to $32 an hour
Veterinary Technician, General Practice - Ethos Veterinary Health - Career Page at Ethos Veterinary Health, Lawrence$22 to $28 an hour
Relief Veterinary Technician at BluePearl Pet Hospital Charlestown Boston, Boston$27 to $49 an hour

Questions

How much do vet techs make in Massachusetts?

Job ads in Massachusetts offer vet techs $22 to $33 an hour, median $27, from 181 ads at 45 employers (Nov 9, 2026). The BLS median for vet techs in Massachusetts was $23.82 an hour in May 2025.

How does Massachusetts compare with the US?

The median vet tech job ad in Massachusetts offers $27 an hour (181 ads), $2 more than the US median of $25 (3,935 ads), as of Nov 9, 2026.

Which Massachusetts cities pay vet techs the most?

In job ads, the Barnstable Town, MA area has the highest median for vet techs, $28 an hour from 13 ads. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH: $27 (128 ads); Providence-Warwick, RI-MA: $26 (9 ads); Worcester, MA: $26 (18 ads). Only metros with 5 or more ads are counted (Nov 9, 2026).

What benefits do vet tech jobs in Massachusetts offer?

Of 263 vet tech ads in Massachusetts, 41 mention a CE allowance, 46 mention mentorship, 10 mention welcoming new grads, 8 mention a four-day week, 14 mention a signing bonus, as of Nov 9, 2026. Only what the ad itself says is counted.

Sources

Job ads, Nov 9, 2026. 181 open vet tech ads in Massachusetts that state hourly pay, at 45 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 Massachusetts, $23.82 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 263 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.