Vet tech pay in West Virginia

Vet techs in West Virginia: $17 to $26 an hour in job ads

From 7 job ads at 6 employers, updated Nov 9, 2026

$20 an hour, median in job ads

10th to 90th percentile, 7 ads at 6 employersBLS median $18.13 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 West Virginia sits

Each ball is one state's median vet tech pay in job ads. West Virginia pays more than 1 of the 49 states with enough ads.

West Virginia $20

Pay by metro

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$24 to $36 an hour median $31, 109 ads

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

What the jobs offer

Mentorship4% (1 of 26 ads)

Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 26 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 West Virginia

Veterinary Technician at Western Veterinary Partners, Fairmont$15 to $18 an hour
Veterinary Technician - Credentialed at National Veterinary Associates, Westover$18 to $22 an hour
ER Veterinary Technician/Assistant for Overnights & Weekends at Cheat Lake Animal Hospital, Morgantown$25 to $30 an hour

Questions

How much do vet techs make in West Virginia?

Job ads in West Virginia offer vet techs $17 to $26 an hour, median $20, from 7 ads at 6 employers (Nov 9, 2026). The BLS median for vet techs in West Virginia was $18.13 an hour in May 2025.

How does West Virginia compare with the US?

The median vet tech job ad in West Virginia offers $20 an hour (7 ads), $5 less than the US median of $25 (3,935 ads), as of Nov 9, 2026.

What benefits do vet tech jobs in West Virginia offer?

Of 26 vet tech ads in West Virginia, 1 mention mentorship, as of Nov 9, 2026. Only what the ad itself says is counted.

Sources

Job ads, Nov 9, 2026. 7 open vet tech ads in West Virginia 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 West Virginia, $18.13 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 26 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.