Veterinarian pay in Kentucky
Veterinarians in Kentucky: $102,000 to $148,000 a year in job ads
From 14 job ads at 6 employers, updated Nov 9, 2026
$135,000 a year, median in job ads
Updated Nov 9, 2026. Each employer counts once, however many ads it posts. Yearly ads only, never converted.
Hourly and yearly ads, kept apart
Posted hourly$48 to $129 median $125
Posted yearly$102,000 to $148,000 median $135,000
Each range runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile across employers. Each employer counts once, at the middle of its own ads' stated pay, so a group hiring at many hospitals is one employer. An ad that states no unit is not counted, and hourly is never converted to yearly.
Where Kentucky sits
Pay by metro
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$132,000 to $163,000 a year median $143,000, 18 ads
Only metros with 5 or more ads are shown. BLS medians are May 2025.
What the jobs offer
Mentorship21% (23 of 110 ads)
CE allowance13% (14 of 110 ads)
New grads welcome8% (9 of 110 ads)
Signing bonus5% (6 of 110 ads)
Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 110 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%.
Hiring now in Kentucky
- Veterinarian - Locum at Banfield Pet Hospital - Louisville Stony Brook, Jeffersontown$120 to $140 an hour
- Associate Veterinarian - Westside Veterinary Service at Westside Veterinary Service, LLP, Murray$120,000 to $160,000 a year
- Veterinarian - Part-Time at Banfield Pet Hospital - Florence, Florence$27,000 to $81,000 a year
Questions
How much do veterinarians make in Kentucky?
Job ads in Kentucky offer veterinarians $102,000 to $148,000 a year, median $135,000, from 14 ads at 6 employers (Nov 9, 2026). The BLS median for veterinarians in Kentucky was $104,100 a year in May 2025.
How does Kentucky compare with the US?
The median veterinarian job ad in Kentucky offers $135,000 a year (14 ads), $13,000 less than the US median of $148,000 (2,787 ads), as of Nov 9, 2026.
What benefits do veterinarian jobs in Kentucky offer?
Of 110 veterinarian ads in Kentucky, 14 mention a CE allowance, 23 mention mentorship, 9 mention welcoming new grads, 6 mention a signing bonus, as of Nov 9, 2026. Only what the ad itself says is counted.
Sources
- Job ads, Nov 9, 2026. 14 open veterinarian ads in Kentucky that state yearly pay, at 6 employers. 5 hourly ads are shown apart. 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 Kentucky, $104,100 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 110 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.