Veterinarian pay in Connecticut

Veterinarians in Connecticut: $126,000 to $158,000 a year in job ads

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

$133,000 a year, median in job ads

10th to 90th percentile, 18 ads at 12 employersBLS median $126,190 a year, May 2025 (a separate source)

Updated Nov 9, 2026. Each employer counts once, however many ads it posts. Yearly ads only, never converted.

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Where Connecticut sits

Each ball is one state's median veterinarian pay in job ads. Connecticut pays more than 10 of the 45 states with enough ads.

Pay by metro

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$129,000 to $149,000 a year median $140,000, 7 ads

Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$126,000 to $130,000 a year median $130,000, 5 ads

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

What the jobs offer

Mentorship13% (23 of 173 ads)

CE allowance10% (18 of 173 ads)

New grads welcome2% (4 of 173 ads)

Signing bonus2% (3 of 173 ads)

Four-day week1% (2 of 173 ads)

Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 173 open veterinarian 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%.

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Questions

How much do veterinarians make in Connecticut?

Job ads in Connecticut offer veterinarians $126,000 to $158,000 a year, median $133,000, from 18 ads at 12 employers (Nov 9, 2026). The BLS median for veterinarians in Connecticut was $126,190 a year in May 2025.

How does Connecticut compare with the US?

The median veterinarian job ad in Connecticut offers $133,000 a year (18 ads), $15,000 less than the US median of $148,000 (2,787 ads), as of Nov 9, 2026.

Which Connecticut cities pay veterinarians the most?

In job ads, the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT area has the highest median for veterinarians, $140,000 a year from 7 ads. Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT: $130,000 (5 ads). Only metros with 5 or more ads are counted (Nov 9, 2026).

What benefits do veterinarian jobs in Connecticut offer?

Of 173 veterinarian ads in Connecticut, 18 mention a CE allowance, 23 mention mentorship, 4 mention welcoming new grads, 2 mention a four-day week, 3 mention a signing bonus, as of Nov 9, 2026. Only what the ad itself says is counted.

Sources

  • Job ads, Nov 9, 2026. 18 open veterinarian ads in Connecticut that state yearly 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 veterinarians in Connecticut, $126,190 a year, 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 173 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.