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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%$18.20/hr
median$25.00/hr
90%$35.00/hr
Top Benefitsof Veterinary Technician
- 401(k) matching98%
- Dental insurance98%
- Health insurance98%
- Paid time off98%
- Life insurance97%
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.
Veterinary Technician jobs by state
25- California10 jobs
- Florida7 jobs
- Georgia7 jobs
- Massachusetts7 jobs
- North Carolina6 jobs
- Ohio6 jobs
- Minnesota5 jobs
- Vermont5 jobs
- Arizona4 jobs
- Michigan4 jobs
- New Hampshire4 jobs
- Texas4 jobs
- Connecticut3 jobs
- Nevada3 jobs
- New York3 jobs
- Colorado2 jobs
- Maryland2 jobs
- New Jersey2 jobs
- New Mexico2 jobs
- Oklahoma2 jobs
- Pennsylvania2 jobs
- South Carolina2 jobs
- Alaska1 jobs
- Maine1 jobs
- Nebraska1 jobs
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4Your 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.
