Veterinarian pay in Rhode Island

Veterinarians in Rhode Island: $130,000 to $154,000 a year in job ads

From 5 job ads at 4 employers, updated Nov 9, 2026

$135,000 a year, median in job ads

10th to 90th percentile, 5 ads at 4 employersBLS median $126,570 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 Rhode Island sits

Each ball is one state's median veterinarian pay in job ads. Rhode Island pays more than 11 of the 45 states with enough ads.

Rhode Island $135,000

Pay by metro

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$129,000 to $173,000 a year median $135,000, 7 ads

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

What the jobs offer

Mentorship16% (7 of 44 ads)

CE allowance14% (6 of 44 ads)

New grads welcome7% (3 of 44 ads)

Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 44 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 Rhode Island

Veterinarian at Newport Animal Hospital, Middletown$120,000 to $150,000 a year
Veterinarian - Part-Time at Banfield Pet Hospital - Warwick, Warwick$78,000 to $113,400 a year
Veterinary Medical Director - Providence River Animal Hospital at Providence River Animal Hospital, ProvidencePay not stated

Questions

How much do veterinarians make in Rhode Island?

Job ads in Rhode Island offer veterinarians $130,000 to $154,000 a year, median $135,000, from 5 ads at 4 employers (Nov 9, 2026). The BLS median for veterinarians in Rhode Island was $126,570 a year in May 2025.

How does Rhode Island compare with the US?

The median veterinarian job ad in Rhode Island offers $135,000 a year (5 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 Rhode Island offer?

Of 44 veterinarian ads in Rhode Island, 6 mention a CE allowance, 7 mention mentorship, 3 mention welcoming new grads, as of Nov 9, 2026. Only what the ad itself says is counted.

Sources

Job ads, Nov 9, 2026. 5 open veterinarian ads in Rhode Island that state yearly pay, at 4 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 Rhode Island, $126,570 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 44 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.