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Pay ranged from $37,730 a year at laboratories to $48,020 a year for the federal government. California, Texas, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania employ the most vet techs, with California employing the most at 8,560 techs, as of 2011 according to the BLS survey. Vet Techs in California earn the highest salaries in this group, with an annual mean wage of $35,500. Vet techs in Florida and Texas make the least among the group of high-employment states, at $29,250 and $28,830 a year, respectively.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in 2013, the average vet tech salary was $31,570 annually or the equivalent of $15.18 per hour. The highest paid vet tech took home about $44,740 per year while the lowest paid vet technician earned not more than $20,880 annually.According to the BLS, vet techs employed by state and federal government agencies have the highest average annual salaries.he other states where the vet tech salary was below the national average were Kentucky and Alabama. Here, the average annual salary was $26,770 and $26,960 respectively. The vet tech salary for technicians employed by the state and federal governments might be the highest according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.