Veterinarian pay in Minnesota
Veterinarians in Minnesota: $125,000 to $184,000 a year in job ads
From 46 job ads at 19 employers, updated Nov 9, 2026
$138,000 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$64 to $140 median $104
Posted yearly$125,000 to $184,000 median $138,000
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 Minnesota sits
Pay by metro
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$125,000 to $217,000 a year median $136,000, 35 ads
Only metros with 5 or more ads are shown. BLS medians are May 2025.
What the jobs offer
Mentorship19% (30 of 156 ads)
CE allowance13% (21 of 156 ads)
New grads welcome10% (16 of 156 ads)
Signing bonus4% (6 of 156 ads)
Four-day week1% (1 of 156 ads)
Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 156 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 Minnesota
- Professional Services Veterinarian Minneapolis MN at IDEXX Labs, Minneapolis$140,000 to $160,000 a year
- Associate Veterinarian - South of the Twin Cities - Minnesota at Burnsville Animal Clinic - Clinical, Burnsville$110,000 to $150,000 a year
- Associate Veterinarian at Lexington Pet Clinic, Eagan$140,000 to $180,000 a year
Questions
How much do veterinarians make in Minnesota?
Job ads in Minnesota offer veterinarians $125,000 to $184,000 a year, median $138,000, from 46 ads at 19 employers (Nov 9, 2026). The BLS median for veterinarians in Minnesota was $133,110 a year in May 2025.
How does Minnesota compare with the US?
The median veterinarian job ad in Minnesota offers $138,000 a year (46 ads), $10,000 less than the US median of $148,000 (2,787 ads), as of Nov 9, 2026.
What benefits do veterinarian jobs in Minnesota offer?
Of 156 veterinarian ads in Minnesota, 21 mention a CE allowance, 30 mention mentorship, 16 mention welcoming new grads, 1 mention a four-day week, 6 mention a signing bonus, as of Nov 9, 2026. Only what the ad itself says is counted.
Sources
- Job ads, Nov 9, 2026. 46 open veterinarian ads in Minnesota that state yearly pay, at 19 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 Minnesota, $133,110 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 156 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.