Veterinarian pay in New Jersey
Veterinarians in New Jersey: $130,000 to $175,000 a year in job ads
From 54 job ads at 20 employers, updated Nov 9, 2026
$148,000 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$37 to $142 median $72
Posted yearly$130,000 to $175,000 median $148,000
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 New Jersey sits
Pay by metro
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$140,000 to $242,000 a year median $161,000, 135 ads
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$138,000 to $175,000 a year median $156,000, 7 ads
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$129,000 to $197,000 a year median $148,000, 27 ads
Only metros with 5 or more ads are shown. BLS medians are May 2025.
What the jobs offer
Mentorship15% (32 of 209 ads)
CE allowance14% (29 of 209 ads)
New grads welcome7% (14 of 209 ads)
Signing bonus5% (10 of 209 ads)
Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 209 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 New Jersey
- Veterinarian - Brick NJ at Laurelton Veterinary Hospital, Brick$100,000 to $160,000 a year
- Veterinarian - Part-Time at Banfield Pet Hospital - Carlstadt, Carlstadt$32,563 to $117,587 a year
- Veterinarian at Sploot Veterinary Care, Princeton$150,000 to $200,000 a year
Questions
How much do veterinarians make in New Jersey?
Job ads in New Jersey offer veterinarians $130,000 to $175,000 a year, median $148,000, from 54 ads at 20 employers (Nov 9, 2026). The BLS median for veterinarians in New Jersey was $160,140 a year in May 2025.
How does New Jersey compare with the US?
The median veterinarian job ad in New Jersey offers $148,000 a year (54 ads), the same as the US median of $148,000 (2,787 ads), as of Nov 9, 2026.
Which New Jersey cities pay veterinarians the most?
In job ads, the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area has the highest median for veterinarians, $161,000 a year from 135 ads. Trenton-Princeton, NJ: $156,000 (7 ads); Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: $148,000 (27 ads). Only metros with 5 or more ads are counted (Nov 9, 2026).
What benefits do veterinarian jobs in New Jersey offer?
Of 209 veterinarian ads in New Jersey, 29 mention a CE allowance, 32 mention mentorship, 14 mention welcoming new grads, 10 mention a signing bonus, as of Nov 9, 2026. Only what the ad itself says is counted.
Sources
- Job ads, Nov 9, 2026. 54 open veterinarian ads in New Jersey that state yearly pay, at 20 employers. 9 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 New Jersey, $160,140 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 209 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.