Addressing the Challenge: The ABE Career Connections project will create a program that prepares students for certification as Certified Medical Assistants. The pathway and instructional approach teaches ESL for Healthcare as contextualized intermediate-level English as a second language (ESL).
A veterinary technician with an Associates degree can expect a salary range between $20,000 and $38,000 per year while a veterinary technician with a bachelorâs degree can expect a greater salary that starts around $33,000 per year up to $42,500 per year.
According to the BLS, vet techs earned an average hourly wage of $15.18 as of May 2011, which represents an annual salary of $31,570. The lowest 10 percent of earners reported hourly wages of $10.04 or less, and 25 percent of all vet techs earned $12.02 or less an hour. Half of all veterinary technicians and technologists earned $14.49 or more per hour, and the highest-paid 10 percent reported hourly earnings of $21.51 or more.