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Vet Technicians
Job Numbers and Growth
There are about 71,000 for vet technicians in the US. For this occupation the level of unemployment is relatively very low.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Of those surveyed, 21% of employees work part-time.
Training and Education
Prior to starting this profession, consider obtaining an associate degree. Government data shows that 16% of workers have a bachelor's degree or higher. Those who have gone to college, but don't have a degree make up 57% of employees. For 27% of vet technicians a high-school education was all they required. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.
Area Job Conditions
The cities with the most workers jobs, compared to the population, are Fort Collins (Colorado), Athens (Georgia), and Gainesville (Florida). Fewer are found in Baton Rouge (Louisiana), Washington (District of Columbia), and St. Louis (Missouri).
Employees earn higher incomes in Oakland (California), Poughkeepsie (New York), and Jefferson City (Missouri), and lower incomes in Albany (Georgia), Wheeling (West Virginia), and Tuscaloosa (Alabama).
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Vet Technicians: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Vet Technicians, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Vet Technicians are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Vet Technicians are starred 
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| State | Area | Positions | Typical Pay | Popularity in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Auburn | 60 | $29,260 | 2.7 |
| Alabama | Birmingham | 210 | $23,010 | 0.7 |
| Alabama | Huntsville | 70 | $32,450 | 0.6 |
| Alabama | Montgomery | 80 | $27,140 | 0.9 |
| Alabama | Tuscaloosa | 50 | $18,850 | 1.1 |
| Alaska | Anchorage | 140 | $33,060 | 1.6 |
| Alaska | Fairbanks | 40 | $27,290 | 2.6 |
| Arizona | Flagstaff | 60 | $24,850 | 2.2 |
| Arizona | Kingman | 50 | $26,430 | 2 |
| Arizona | Phoenix | 1,860 | $28,150 | 1.7 |
| Arizona | Prescott | 60 | $25,540 | 1.9 |
| Arizona | Tucson | 260 | $27,380 | 1.2 |
| California | Bakersfield | 130 | $27,560 | 0.9 |
| California | Chico | 50 | $30,600 | 1.4 |
| California | Modesto | 190 | $27,870 | 2.1 |
| California | Napa | 40 | $29,150 | 1.2 |
| California | Oakland | 860 | $41,580 | 1.5 |
| California | Oxnard | 230 | $37,100 | 1.4 |
| California | Redding | 90 | $25,170 | 2.6 |
| California | Riverside | 650 | $28,870 | 0.9 |
| California | Sacramento | 720 | $36,270 | 1.4 |
| California | Salinas | 110 | $33,150 | 1.3 |
| California | San Diego | 780 | $41,220 | 1 |
| California | San Francisco | 590 | $38,500 | 1 |
| California | San Jose | 330 | $37,330 | 0.6 |
| California | San Luis Obispo | 80 | $29,700 | 1.5 |
| California | Santa Ana | 1,350 | $31,570 | 1.5 |
| California | Santa Barbara | 120 | $35,780 | 1.3 |
| California | Santa Cruz | 80 | $38,890 | 1.7 |
| California | Santa Rosa | 280 | $33,820 | 2.8 |
| California | Vallejo | 70 | $31,770 | 1.1 |
| California | Yuba City | 40 | $31,230 | 2.1 |
| Colorado | Boulder | 140 | $29,510 | 1.6 |
| Colorado | Colorado Springs | 270 | $28,180 | 1.9 |
| Colorado | Denver | 1,280 | $29,940 | 1.8 |
| Colorado | Fort Collins | 350 | $30,490 | 5.4 |
| Colorado | Grand Junction | 70 | $23,370 | 2.4 |
| Colorado | Greeley | 90 | $26,240 | 2.3 |
| Colorado | Pueblo | 40 | $28,440 | 1.5 |
| Connecticut | Bridgeport | 270 | $35,400 | 1.1 |
| Connecticut | Danbury | 90 | $31,140 | 2.5 |
| Connecticut | Hartford | 440 | $36,980 | 1.3 |
| Connecticut | New Haven | 220 | $34,440 | 1.4 |
| Connecticut | Norwich | 80 | $34,230 | 1.2 |
| Connecticut | Waterbury | 40 | $35,640 | 1.1 |
| Delaware | Dover | 40 | $28,880 | 1.5 |
| Delaware | Wilmington | 160 | $33,420 | 0.9 |
| District of Columbia | Washington | 590 | $35,180 | 0.4 |
| Florida | Cape Coral | 180 | $29,150 | 1.6 |
| Florida | Deltona | 130 | $24,560 | 1.5 |
| Florida | Fort Lauderdale | 480 | $27,340 | 1.1 |
| Florida | Fort Walton Beach | 70 | $24,860 | 1.8 |
| Florida | Gainesville | 280 | $27,430 | 4.6 |
| Florida | Jacksonville | 570 | $26,820 | 1.7 |
| Florida | Lakeland | 210 | $24,130 | 2 |
| Florida | Miami | 390 | $27,570 | 0.7 |
| Florida | Naples | 100 | $30,950 | 1.5 |
| Florida | Ocala | 220 | $26,360 | 4.4 |
| Florida | Orlando | 520 | $25,110 | 0.9 |
| Florida | Palm Bay | 250 | $25,760 | 2.3 |
| Florida | Panama City | 40 | $24,140 | 1.1 |
| Florida | Pensacola | 120 | $25,490 | 1.5 |
| Florida | Port St Lucie | 150 | $25,610 | 2.2 |
| Florida | Punta Gorda | 60 | $28,640 | 3.1 |
| Florida | Sarasota | 130 | $25,340 | 0.9 |
| Florida | Sebastian | 60 | $28,370 | 2.5 |
| Florida | Tallahassee | 160 | $22,670 | 1.8 |
| Florida | Tampa | 1,040 | $25,930 | 1.5 |
| Florida | West Palm Beach | 490 | $30,730 | 1.6 |
| Georgia | Albany | 40 | $19,500 | 1.3 |
| Georgia | Athens | 180 | $30,890 | 4.6 |
| Georgia | Atlanta | 2,060 | $26,730 | 1.5 |
| Georgia | Augusta | 170 | $26,580 | 1.5 |
| Georgia | Brunswick | 30 | $23,850 | 1.4 |
| Georgia | Columbus | 120 | $20,050 | 2.1 |
| Georgia | Gainesville | 70 | $24,500 | 1.9 |
| Georgia | Macon | 60 | $21,480 | 1.1 |
| Georgia | Savannah | 120 | $25,430 | 1.5 |
| Georgia | Warner Robins | 40 | $24,290 | 1.6 |
| Hawaii | Honolulu | 190 | $30,570 | 0.8 |
| Idaho | Boise | 170 | $29,000 | 1.1 |
| Illinois | Champaign | 140 | $35,140 | 2.8 |
| Illinois | Chicago | 1,990 | $37,290 | 0.9 |
| Indiana | Evansville | 50 | 0.5 | |
| Indiana | Indianapolis | 350 | $30,510 | 0.7 |
| Indiana | Lafayette | 50 | $29,720 | 1.3 |
| Indiana | South Bend | 50 | $25,070 | 0.7 |
| Iowa | Ames | 70 | $33,170 | 3.8 |
| Iowa | Davenport | 70 | $26,590 | 0.7 |
| Iowa | Des Moines | 180 | $26,040 | 1 |
| Kansas | Lawrence | 50 | $29,930 | 2.2 |
| Kansas | Topeka | 40 | $21,030 | 0.7 |
| Kentucky | Lexington | 420 | $24,670 | 3.1 |
| Kentucky | Louisville | 330 | $27,590 | 0.9 |
| Louisiana | Baton Rouge | 100 | $24,060 | 0.5 |
| Louisiana | Lafayette | 200 | $21,870 | 2.5 |
| Louisiana | Lake Charles | 30 | $22,960 | 0.7 |
| Louisiana | Monroe | 50 | $19,990 | 1.2 |
| Maine | Bangor | 60 | $28,380 | 1.8 |
| Maine | Lewiston | 40 | $30,150 | 1.6 |
| Maine | Portland | 240 | $30,440 | 2.1 |
| Maryland | Baltimore | 670 | $29,270 | 0.9 |
| Maryland | Bethesda | 410 | $35,410 | 1.3 |
| Maryland | Hagerstown | 40 | $29,050 | 0.8 |
| Massachusetts | Barnstable Town | 140 | $30,290 | 2.6 |
| Massachusetts | Boston | 1,000 | $35,680 | 1 |
| Massachusetts | Brockton | 90 | $35,880 | 1.9 |
| Massachusetts | Framingham | 70 | $38,670 | 0.8 |
| Massachusetts | Haverhill | 120 | $33,740 | 3 |
| Massachusetts | Lowell | 60 | $33,560 | 0.9 |
| Massachusetts | New Bedford | 50 | $31,320 | 1.5 |
| Massachusetts | Pittsfield | 40 | $28,330 | 2.5 |
| Massachusetts | Springfield | 240 | $26,820 | 1.4 |
| Massachusetts | Worcester | 370 | $34,660 | 2.7 |
| Michigan | Flint | 60 | $32,870 | 0.8 |
| Michigan | Grand Rapids | 160 | $28,470 | 0.7 |
| Michigan | Holland | 40 | $28,000 | 0.7 |
| Michigan | Kalamazoo | 70 | $32,690 | 0.9 |
| Michigan | Lansing | 160 | 1.5 | |
| Michigan | Warren | 450 | $33,160 | 0.7 |
| Minnesota | Duluth | 60 | $27,170 | 0.9 |
| Minnesota | Minneapolis | 1,170 | $33,420 | 1.1 |
| Minnesota | Rochester | 70 | $36,230 | 1.4 |
| Minnesota | St Cloud | 110 | $28,860 | 2 |
| Mississippi | Gulfport | 60 | $21,500 | 1 |
| Mississippi | Hattiesburg | 50 | $22,500 | 1.7 |
| Mississippi | Pascagoula | 50 | $22,320 | 2.1 |
| Missouri | Columbia | 100 | $26,450 | 2.3 |
| Missouri | Jefferson City | 60 | $39,050 | 1.7 |
| Missouri | Kansas City | 540 | $30,380 | 0.9 |
| Missouri | Springfield | 180 | $22,430 | 1.7 |
| Missouri | St Louis | 300 | $28,610 | 0.4 |
| Montana | Missoula | 30 | $23,730 | 1.2 |
| Nebraska | Lincoln | 50 | $26,020 | 0.6 |
| Nevada | Las Vegas | 400 | $32,930 | 0.8 |
| New Hampshire | Manchester | 80 | $27,930 | 1.4 |
| New Hampshire | Nashua | 140 | $28,710 | 1.9 |
| New Hampshire | Rochester | 90 | $28,020 | 3.1 |
| New Jersey | Atlantic City | 60 | $28,760 | 0.7 |
| New Jersey | Camden | 300 | $30,180 | 1 |
| New Jersey | Edison | 830 | $34,040 | 1.4 |
| New Jersey | Newark | 560 | $32,470 | 1 |
| New Jersey | Trenton | 110 | $34,010 | 0.9 |
| New Mexico | Albuquerque | 260 | $31,700 | 1.2 |
| New Mexico | Las Cruces | 50 | $24,290 | 1.6 |
| New Mexico | Santa Fe | 60 | $33,320 | 1.9 |
| New York | Buffalo | 370 | $31,270 | 1.2 |
| New York | Ithaca | 50 | $33,020 | 2.4 |
| New York | Kingston | 40 | $33,270 | 1.3 |
| New York | Nassau | 850 | $37,710 | 1.2 |
| New York | New York | 1,460 | $34,660 | 0.5 |
| New York | Poughkeepsie | 150 | $39,910 | 1.1 |
| New York | Rochester | 310 | $30,740 | 1.1 |
| New York | Utica | 40 | $33,270 | 0.6 |
| North Carolina | Asheville | 110 | $24,900 | 1.1 |
| North Carolina | Burlington | 30 | $27,890 | 1 |
| North Carolina | Charlotte | 600 | $28,690 | 1.2 |
| North Carolina | Durham | 240 | $27,750 | 1.6 |
| North Carolina | Fayetteville | 70 | $23,660 | 1.1 |
| North Carolina | Greensboro | 110 | $31,480 | 0.5 |
| North Carolina | Hickory | 120 | $22,730 | 1.3 |
| North Carolina | Raleigh | 330 | $25,020 | 1.1 |
| North Carolina | Wilmington | 200 | $24,390 | 2.5 |
| North Carolina | Winston Salem | 80 | $26,460 | 0.7 |
| Ohio | Akron | 180 | $29,180 | 0.9 |
| Ohio | Canton | 130 | $28,530 | 1.4 |
| Ohio | Cincinnati | 580 | $28,450 | 1 |
| Ohio | Cleveland | 520 | $29,780 | 0.9 |
| Ohio | Columbus | 840 | $29,740 | 1.6 |
| Ohio | Dayton | 160 | $28,080 | 0.7 |
| Ohio | Toledo | 140 | $28,940 | 0.8 |
| Ohio | Youngstown | 130 | $23,820 | 1 |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma City | 310 | $26,880 | 1 |
| Oklahoma | Tulsa | 130 | $25,310 | 0.5 |
| Oregon | Bend | 110 | $31,530 | 3.1 |
| Oregon | Eugene | 100 | $29,920 | 1.2 |
| Oregon | Medford | 50 | $34,440 | 1.1 |
| Oregon | Portland | 740 | $31,760 | 1.2 |
| Oregon | Salem | 90 | $29,170 | 1.1 |
| Pennsylvania | Allentown | 240 | $30,000 | 1.3 |
| Pennsylvania | Erie | 50 | $26,890 | 0.7 |
| Pennsylvania | Harrisburg | 220 | $28,480 | 1.2 |
| Pennsylvania | Lancaster | 140 | $29,370 | 1.1 |
| Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1,360 | $32,880 | 1.3 |
| Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh | 510 | $28,270 | 0.8 |
| Pennsylvania | Reading | 110 | $31,110 | 1.2 |
| Pennsylvania | Scranton | 150 | $27,910 | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | State College | 50 | $34,970 | 1.8 |
| Pennsylvania | Williamsport | 40 | $23,920 | 1.6 |
| Pennsylvania | York | 210 | $29,570 | 2.1 |
| Rhode Island | Providence | 550 | $33,980 | 1.7 |
| South Carolina | Anderson | 40 | $29,590 | 1.3 |
| South Carolina | Charleston | 210 | $34,750 | 1.3 |
| South Carolina | Columbia | 240 | $25,030 | 1.2 |
| South Carolina | Greenville | 200 | $30,260 | 1.2 |
| South Carolina | Myrtle Beach | 40 | $25,420 | 0.6 |
| South Carolina | Spartanburg | 50 | $25,150 | 0.8 |
| South Dakota | Rapid City | 60 | $24,180 | 1.9 |
| Tennessee | Chattanooga | 180 | $21,780 | 1.4 |
| Tennessee | Kingsport | 80 | $21,470 | 1.3 |
| Tennessee | Memphis | 380 | $22,980 | 1.1 |
| Tennessee | Nashville | 640 | $27,100 | 1.5 |
| Texas | Amarillo | 60 | $27,360 | 1.1 |
| Texas | Austin | 800 | $26,310 | 1.8 |
| Texas | Beaumont | 90 | $28,310 | 1 |
| Texas | College Station | 100 | $26,370 | 2.5 |
| Texas | Corpus Christi | 80 | $24,400 | 0.8 |
| Texas | Dallas | 1,550 | $28,470 | 1.3 |
| Texas | El Paso | 160 | $23,310 | 1.1 |
| Texas | Fort Worth | 760 | $25,060 | 1.5 |
| Texas | Houston | 1,940 | $27,530 | 1.3 |
| Texas | Killeen | 100 | $24,430 | 1.6 |
| Texas | Lubbock | 120 | $19,440 | 1.8 |
| Texas | Mcallen | 70 | $27,960 | 0.6 |
| Texas | Odessa | 30 | $23,570 | 1.1 |
| Texas | San Antonio | 710 | $26,740 | 1.5 |
| Texas | Sherman | 50 | $23,800 | 2.6 |
| Texas | Tyler | 50 | $22,870 | 1.1 |
| Texas | Waco | 40 | $24,610 | 0.8 |
| Texas | Wichita Falls | 50 | $21,750 | 1.7 |
| Utah | Ogden | 120 | $23,720 | 1.1 |
| Utah | Provo | 70 | $26,670 | 0.8 |
| Utah | Salt Lake City | 530 | $24,340 | 1.5 |
| Vermont | Burlington | 190 | $30,130 | 3.2 |
| Virginia | Blacksburg | 40 | $26,910 | 1.3 |
| Virginia | Charlottesville | 90 | $30,760 | 1.8 |
| Virginia | Virginia Beach | 250 | $30,110 | 0.6 |
| Washington | Bellingham | 40 | $32,640 | 1 |
| Washington | Bremerton | 100 | $28,190 | 2.3 |
| Washington | Kennewick | 30 | $28,560 | 0.6 |
| Washington | Olympia | 60 | $31,210 | 1.2 |
| Washington | Tacoma | 210 | $30,470 | 1.4 |
| Washington | Yakima | 30 | $29,460 | 0.7 |
| West Virginia | Charleston | 40 | $23,750 | 0.5 |
| West Virginia | Parkersburg | 40 | $23,850 | 1.1 |
| West Virginia | Wheeling | 50 | $20,140 | 1.6 |
| Wisconsin | Appleton | 60 | $30,990 | 1 |
| Wisconsin | Green Bay | 60 | $28,040 | 0.7 |
| Wisconsin | Janesville | 40 | $29,900 | 1.2 |
| Wisconsin | Madison | 360 | $32,120 | 1.9 |
| Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 410 | $28,720 | 0.8 |
| Wisconsin | Wausau | 30 | $29,180 | 0.9 |
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Recommended Schools for Vet Technicians
Known schools with online forms to request info on becoming Vet Technicians. For info from a school, click the school name.
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Arizona
- Anthem College (Phoenix)
- Argosy University (Phoenix)
- Brown Mackie College
- Carrington College
- Kaplan College (Phoenix)
- Sanford-Brown College (Phoenix)
California
Colorado
- Anthem College (Aurora)
- Argosy University (Denver)
- Kaplan College (Denver)
- National American University Campus
Connecticut
Florida
- Anthem College (Orlando)
- Argosy University
- Brown Mackie College (Miami)
- Kaplan College
- Sanford-Brown Institute
Georgia
- Argosy University (Atlanta)
- Brown Mackie College (Atlanta)
- Sanford-Brown College (Atlanta)
- Sanford-Brown Institute (Atlanta)
Hawaii
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- Brown Mackie College
- International Business College - Fort Wayne (Fort Wayne)
- International Business College - Indianapolis (Indianapolis)
- Kaplan College
- Sanford-Brown College (Indianapolis)
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
- Anthem College (Minneapolis)
- Argosy University (Eagan)
- Minnesota School of Business
- National American University Campus
Missouri
- Anthem College
- Brown Mackie College (St. Louis)
- Hickey College (St. Louis)
- National American University Campus
- Sanford-Brown College
- Vatterott College
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- Brown Mackie College (Albuquerque)
- Carrington College (Albuquerque)
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