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(United States). A Veterinary Assistant earns an average wage of $10.88 per hour. A skill in Inventory Management is associated with high pay for this job. Most people with this job move on to other positions after 20 years in this field.United States). A Veterinary Assistant earns an average wage of $10.88 per hour. A skill in Inventory Management is associated with high pay for this job. Most people with this job move on to other positions after 20 years in this field.
These vet assistants earned an average annual wage of $24,430, or $11.75 an hour. The top 10 percent could earn $34,970 or more annually, the equivalent of $16.81 an hour, while the bottom 10 percent could earn $16,970 or less, the equivalent of $8.16 an hour.Related Reading: Negotiating Health Care vs. Salary.et technicians' average annual wage was 29 percent higher than that of vet assistants, according to the BLS. That difference was fairly proportionate, as the best-paid vet techs earned 28 percent more than the best-paid vet assistants, and the lowest-paid techs earned 23 percent more than the lowest-paid assistants.