Veterinarian Salary in West Virginia

At the median, West Virginia sits close to the nation: $128,990 against $130,100, a difference of $1,110, or 1%, below the national median.

The hourly median tells the same story: $62.01 against $62.55, also 1% below.

The gap widens away from the middle, and it widens most at the floor.

The West Virginia 10th percentile is $54,830, 26% below the national 10th percentile of $73,920, and the 25th percentile is $82,770, 18% below the national 25th percentile of $101,460.

The gap narrows toward the top: the 75th percentile is $161,940, 3% below the national 75th percentile of $166,120, and the 90th percentile is $201,910, 6% below the national 90th percentile of $215,700.

A veterinarian holding an offer against the national 10th percentile would be benchmarking against a floor the West Virginia distribution sits well under; an offer measured against the national 90th percentile lands much closer to where West Virginia's own ceiling falls.

The middle half of West Virginia veterinarians — those between the 25th and 75th percentiles — earned between $82,770 and $161,940, a band $79,170 wide.

The same band nationally is $64,660 wide, so the middle of the West Virginia distribution spreads further than the national one does.

Within that band, the median sits $46,220 above the 25th percentile and $32,950 below the 75th percentile, tilted toward the upper half.

From the 10th percentile ($54,830) to the 90th ($201,910), West Virginia spans $147,080, against $141,780 nationally — also wider.

OEWS publishes the shape of the distribution, not the reasons behind it, so this page does not assign the spread to any particular kind of practice.

BLS estimates that 390 veterinarians were employed in West Virginia, 43rd among the 49 jurisdictions that publish a median when ranked by employment — a modest headcount.

The percentiles on this page summarise that smaller group, so a handful of practices can move them more than a larger headcount would allow.

The figure counts people in jobs during the survey period, not open positions, and it says nothing about how quickly any one employer fills a role.

Practising veterinary medicine in West Virginia takes a license from the West Virginia Board of Veterinary Medicine (WVBVM).

The route runs through the NAVLE for anyone who graduated after 2000, plus the board's own WV State Jurisprudence Exam, with education shown through AVMA accreditation or an ECFVG or PAVE certificate for foreign-trained graduates.

The Series 1 rules contain no dedicated endorsement clause, so a veterinarian licensed elsewhere should expect the standard application rather than a shortcut.

Licenses renew annually by December 31, and the Series 6 fee schedule sets the initial application, examination and license fee at $300.

Those steps apply the same way wherever a job sits in the wage distribution; the full West Virginia license requirements page covers each one with its citation.