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.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 78,800 veterinary technicians working nationwide as of May 2011. These vet techs earned an average annual wage of $31,570, or $15.18 an hour. The best-paid 10 percent could earn $44,740 or more, the equivalent of $21.51 an hour, while the lowest-paid 10 percent could earn $20,880 or less, the equivalent of $10.04 an hour.