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Veterinary Technician pay and benefits

Veterinary technicians hold the monitoring and the drug math while the veterinarian moves between rooms. On a full day that means several patients running in parallel, and the technician is who notices when one of them changes.

Median Salaryof Veterinary Technician

10%$19.60/hr
median$27.00/hr
90%$36.00/hr

Top Benefitsof Veterinary Technician

  • 401(k) matching99%
  • Dental insurance99%
  • Health insurance99%
  • Paid time off99%
  • Paid holidays98%

Technician, technologist, veterinary nurse

AVMA accreditation covers the program, whatever degree it awards, so a 2-year and a 4-year course can sit under the same accreditation and send their graduates to the same exam. Postings therefore use veterinary technician and veterinary technologist for one job, and a practice can advertise for a veterinary nurse and mean the same person. The exam behind all three is the VTNE: 170 questions in 3 hours, 150 of them scored, offered in 4 windows a year.

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Your questions about veterinary technician jobs, answered

Are all vet techs actually credentialed?

No, and the requirements line gives a posting away. One that names the VTNE, an accredited program or the state letters is hiring a credentialed technician and paying for it; one that asks for experience and a willingness to learn is hiring whoever it can train. The difference shows up in the pay.

What does a veterinary technician do during surgery?

The technician runs the anesthesia. You induce on the veterinarian's protocol, intubate, monitor depth and vitals through the procedure, adjust to what the monitor and the patient are doing, and stay with them through recovery, which is when most of the trouble happens.

What's a veterinary technician specialty?

The profession's advanced credential, earned through years in the specialty, a documented case log and an exam. What it changes is hiring: emergency and referral hospitals staff their overnight and critical cases around technicians who hold one, and some post for a VTS by name. Our veterinary technician guide lists the academies.

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