Healthcare Practitioners

Veterinary Technologists

SOC 29-2056

Run diagnostics, anesthesia, and treatment alongside a veterinarian.

The job

Median pay

$47k

$39k to $58k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+9.4% projected

Openings a year

13k

BLS projection

Typical education

Associate's

Our model

AI displacement risk

Low

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

8/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

11th pct

More exposed than 11% of occupations · modeled estimate · 20th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

63/100

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Key skills

Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Speaking
Writing
Monitoring

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Texas	16,730	1.2	1.4×	$39k
Florida	11,380	1.1	1.4×	$46k
California	11,310	0.6	0.8×	$61k
Pennsylvania	6,620	1.1	1.3×	$46k
New York	5,350	0.6	0.7×	$59k
Illinois	5,040	0.8	1.0×	$46k
Ohio	4,790	0.9	1.0×	$48k
Massachusetts	3,990	1.1	1.3×	$50k
Arizona	3,970	1.2	1.5×	$46k
Colorado	3,720	1.3	1.6×	$50k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Minnesota	3,560	1.2	1.4×	$57k
New Jersey	2,910	0.7	0.8×	$49k
Virginia	2,790	0.7	0.8×	$52k
Wisconsin	2,590	0.9	1.1×	$47k
North Carolina	2,580	0.5	0.6×	$48k
Michigan	2,550	0.6	0.7×	$50k
Maryland	2,540	0.9	1.1×	$47k
South Carolina	2,540	1.1	1.3×	$39k
Georgia	2,410	0.5	0.6×	$43k
Washington	2,290	0.6	0.8×	$60k
Louisiana	2,220	1.1	1.4×	$36k
Missouri	2,040	0.7	0.8×	$44k
Alabama	1,880	0.9	1.1×	$37k
Indiana	1,820	0.6	0.7×	$49k
Connecticut	1,690	1.0	1.2×	$51k
Kentucky	1,670	0.8	1.0×	$40k
Tennessee	1,640	0.5	0.6×	$43k
Utah	1,550	0.9	1.1×	$41k
Kansas	1,270	0.9	1.1×	$46k
Iowa	1,220	0.8	0.9×	$46k
Nevada	1,120	0.7	0.9×	$50k
Oregon	1,120	0.6	0.7×	$56k
Oklahoma	1,060	0.6	0.8×	$39k
Maine	910	1.4	1.7×	$51k
New Mexico	890	1.0	1.2×	$45k
New Hampshire	870	1.3	1.5×	$49k
Idaho	790	0.9	1.1×	$42k
Nebraska	690	0.7	0.8×	$44k
Mississippi	650	0.6	0.7×	$36k
Delaware	530	1.1	1.3×	$48k
Rhode Island	530	1.1	1.3×	$45k
Montana	480	0.9	1.1×	$41k
West Virginia	400	0.6	0.7×	$38k
Vermont	390	1.3	1.6×	$49k
Alaska	380	1.2	1.4×	$46k
North Dakota	340	0.8	0.9×	$49k
Arkansas	320	0.2	0.3×	$38k
Wyoming	310	1.1	1.3×	$39k
South Dakota	300	0.7	0.8×	$45k
Hawaii	270	0.4	0.5×	$49k
Washington DC	120	0.2	0.2×	$61k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ4,850 jobs · $60k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX4,570 jobs · $44k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA3,640 jobs · $61k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX3,570 jobs · $44k median
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD3,370 jobs · $48k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN3,250 jobs · $48k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2,970 jobs · $51k median
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ2,760 jobs · $46k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.