Veterinarian pay in Louisiana

Veterinarians in Louisiana: $109,000 to $132,000 a year in job ads

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

$128,000 a year, median in job ads

10th to 90th percentile, 9 ads at 6 employersBLS median $124,370 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 Louisiana sits

Each ball is one state's median veterinarian pay in job ads. Louisiana pays more than 6 of the 45 states with enough ads.

Louisiana $128,000

What the jobs offer

Mentorship13% (10 of 79 ads)

CE allowance5% (4 of 79 ads)

New grads welcome5% (4 of 79 ads)

Signing bonus5% (4 of 79 ads)

Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 79 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 Louisiana

Veterinarian at Gill Bright Animal Hospital, Lake CharlesPay not stated
Sign on bonus and relocation assistance available! -Associate Veterinarian -Best Friends Animal Hospital at Heartland Veterinary Partners LLC, Houma-Terrebonne ParishPay not stated
Veterinarian - Locum at Banfield E. Baton Rouge$115 to $140 an hour

Questions

How much do veterinarians make in Louisiana?

Job ads in Louisiana offer veterinarians $109,000 to $132,000 a year, median $128,000, from 9 ads at 6 employers (Nov 9, 2026). The BLS median for veterinarians in Louisiana was $124,370 a year in May 2025.

How does Louisiana compare with the US?

The median veterinarian job ad in Louisiana offers $128,000 a year (9 ads), $20,000 less than the US median of $148,000 (2,787 ads), as of Nov 9, 2026.

What benefits do veterinarian jobs in Louisiana offer?

Of 79 veterinarian ads in Louisiana, 4 mention a CE allowance, 10 mention mentorship, 4 mention welcoming new grads, 4 mention a signing bonus, as of Nov 9, 2026. Only what the ad itself says is counted.

Sources

Job ads, Nov 9, 2026. 9 open veterinarian ads in Louisiana that state yearly 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 veterinarians in Louisiana, $124,370 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 79 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.