Veterinary Technician Salary in Massachusetts

Massachusetts pulls ahead of the national figures at every percentile this page tracks.

At the median, the state is $2,160 above the nation: $49,540 against $47,380, a 5% gap.

The hourly median tells the same story — $23.82 against $22.78, also 5% higher.

The floor moves similarly: the Massachusetts 10th percentile, $37,500, is 5% above the national $35,710.

The largest gap sits at the 25th percentile: $47,670 in Massachusetts against $38,910 nationally, a 23% difference, or 1.2 times the national figure.

Higher up, the gap narrows again — the 75th percentile is 4% above the nation ($60,240 against $57,650) and the 90th percentile is 2% above it ($64,470 against $63,180).

A technician benchmarking a Massachusetts offer against national percentile figures would understate pay most in the lower-middle of the range and only slightly at the top.

Half of Massachusetts technicians counted earned between $47,670 and $60,240 — a band $12,570 wide.

Nationally the same band runs from $38,910 to $57,650, a much wider $18,740.

From the 10th percentile ($37,500) to the 90th ($64,470), Massachusetts spans $26,970, close to the national span of $27,470.

Inside that range, the median sits just $1,870 above the 25th percentile, pulling the floor up close to the middle.

The step from the median to the 75th percentile, $10,700, is about as wide as the national step of $10,270 — but from the 75th to the 90th percentile Massachusetts adds only $4,230, narrower than the national $5,530, so the top of the range does not stretch out the way the national one does.

OEWS does not explain why a distribution takes this shape, so this page does not assign it a cause.

This page's data carries the Massachusetts hourly wage only at the median: $23.82, against $22.78 nationally, a 5% gap that lines up with the 5% gap in the annual median.

That makes the hourly median the figure to hold a posted hourly rate against.

For the rest of the distribution, the annual percentiles are the only guide this page has, so before comparing a posted hourly rate against them, ask the employer how many hours a week the role is scheduled for.

Massachusetts issues no state credential for veterinary technicians: the CVT on Massachusetts job ads is a Certified Veterinary Technician designation from the Massachusetts Veterinary Technician Association (MVTA), a membership category rather than a license.

Earning it takes graduation from an AVMA- or CVMA-accredited program and a VTNE score documented through AAVSB within the past 3 years for a new application; technicians already credentialed in another state can use the reciprocity route instead, where there is no time limit on the score.

The new-certification fee is $65, and renewal runs $55 for one year with 12 CEUs or $110 for two years with 24 CEUs, though the association's fee and CEU pages carry older copyright dates worth confirming with the MVTA before relying on them.

None of this is a legal requirement to work in a Massachusetts practice — it is a voluntary industry marker, and the full requirements page on this site covers the route in more detail.