Counted October 19, 2026 · from employers’ own postings
Associate Veterinarian: $139K median posted pay.
From 38 salary bands employers posted on 68 open associate veterinarian roles in healthcare. Never an estimate.
The ladder, by level
What each rung pays.
| Level | Open roles | Median posted band | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 1 | — (1 of 8 bands) | — |
Levels as the postings name them. A rung shows a median only where eight or more postings at that level carried a band.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open.
| Employer | Open roles | Entry level |
|---|---|---|
| Alliance Animal Health | 36 | — |
| Amerivet | 19 | — |
| Heart + Paw | 9 | — |
| American Veterinary Group | 1 | — |
| Bond Vet | 1 | — |
| Arlington Cat Clinic | 1 | — |
| eGenesis | 1 | — |
Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open associate veterinarian roles tonight.
The skills, as the postings name them
What these postings ask for.
| Skill | Postings | At entry |
|---|---|---|
| Veterinary Care | 26 | — |
| Veterinary Medicine | 16 | — |
| Customer Service | 1 | — |
| Good Manufacturing Practice | 1 | — |
| Behavioral Health Support | 1 | — |
| Help Desk Support | 1 | — |
| C# | 1 | — |
| Dairy Operations | 1 | — |
| Regulatory Compliance | 1 | — |
| Radiologic Imaging | 1 | — |
Where the work is
0% of these roles are remote.
- Remote0%0 roles
- Hybrid0%0 roles
- On site100%68 roles
- Not stated0%0 roles
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How this was counted
Every figure is counted from 68 open postings read from employers’ own job boards on October 19, 2026, and recounted every night. Pay is the band the employer posted — never an estimate, never a model — and 38 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Associate Veterinarian (Nights)” counts here too. 100% of roles with this title sit in healthcare, which is why this page belongs to that career. A title gets a page only where twenty-five or more roles are open, eight or more of them posted a band, three or more employers are hiring for it and four in five of its postings sit in one career, so no page here is a guess.