Veterinary Technician Salary in North Carolina

At the median, North Carolina sits above the nation: $47,620 against $47,380, a 1% difference — close enough to call a match.

The lower end tells a mixed story: the 10th percentile is 1% above the national figure, but the 25th percentile is 1% below it, so the bottom of the range is not simply higher across the board.

The real divergence is at the top.

The North Carolina 75th percentile, $55,020, runs 5% below the national $57,650, and the 90th percentile, $59,420, runs 6% below the national $63,180.

A technician weighing an offer against national upper-percentile figures should expect the North Carolina ceiling to run lower than those numbers suggest, even though the middle of the range does not.

By median, North Carolina ranks 22nd of the 51 jurisdictions that publish one.

Half of the North Carolina technicians counted earned between $38,520 and $55,020 — a band $16,500 wide.

Nationally the same band runs from $38,910 to $57,650, which is $18,740 wide.

From the 10th percentile ($35,890) to the 90th ($59,420), North Carolina spans $23,530, against $27,470 nationally.

The North Carolina median sits nearer the top of its band — $7,400 below the 75th percentile and $9,100 above the 25th — while the national median sits nearer the bottom of its own, $10,270 below the 75th and $8,470 above the 25th.

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

The data set behind this page carries North Carolina's hourly wage only at the median: $22.89, against $22.78 nationally, a $0.11 difference — essentially flat.

That makes it the figure to hold an hourly posting against when the rest of the range isn't available in hourly form.

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

North Carolina calls the credential a Veterinary Technician Registration — a board registration rather than a license — issued and renewed by the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Board.

Renewal runs every two years for $50, with twelve continuing-education hours due before the registration's expiration date, two of them on the abuse of controlled substances since 2020.

Whether the registration is mandatory to work as a technician in the state isn't settled by the sources read — the board's own renewal page states no explicit mandatory-to-practice language, so an unregistered technician and a relocating RVT should each confirm the requirement with the Board directly rather than assume either way.

The data behind this page carries no split between registered and unregistered technicians, so it cannot show whether registration status affects pay.