Veterinary Technician Salary in Vermont
Veterinary technologists and technicians in Vermont earned a median annual wage of $49,490 in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2025 estimates — $2,110, or 4%, above the national median of $47,380.
What sets Vermont apart is the floor: the state's 10th percentile is 35% above the national 10th percentile, while the 75th and 90th percentiles sit below the national figures — a distribution with a high floor and a lower ceiling.
Vermont's workforce is small, at 390 employed, 44th among the 51 jurisdictions that publish a median.
10th percentile
$48,050
25th percentile
$48,430
75th percentile
$54,290
90th percentile
$58,430
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — Vermont, SOC 29-2056 (Veterinary Technologists and Technicians). Retrieved 2026-09-16 from the BLS Public Data API.
How to read these figures
Vermont vs. the national figures
The Vermont median is above the national median by 4%. Among the 51 jurisdictions (states plus DC) where BLS publishes a veterinary technician median for May 2025, it ranks 14th, and 44th by estimated employment.
Differences are whole percentages, rounded half away from zero, computed from the figures shown.
A high floor, but the top of the range trails the nation
At the median, Vermont's technicians earn $49,490, which is $2,110 above the national median of $47,380, a 4% gap.
The hourly median tells the same story: $23.80 against $22.78 nationally, also a 4% difference.
The real distinction sits at the edges.
Vermont's 10th percentile, $48,050, is 35% above the national 10th percentile of $35,710, and the 25th percentile is 24% higher.
But the top of the range reverses that pattern: the 75th percentile, $54,290, is 6% below the national $57,650, and the 90th percentile, $58,430, is 8% below the national $63,180.
A technician benchmarking a Vermont offer against national percentile figures should expect the comparison to run opposite directions depending on where in the range they're looking.
A far tighter pay band than the national one, top to bottom
Half of Vermont's technicians earned between $48,430 and $54,290 — a band just $5,860 wide.
Nationally the same 25th-to-75th band runs from $38,910 to $57,650, a span of $18,740.
The full spread is similarly tight: from the 10th percentile ($48,050) to the 90th ($58,430), Vermont covers $10,380, against $27,470 nationally.
The median also sits close to the floor of that middle band: only $1,060 above the 25th percentile, but $4,800 below the 75th.
OEWS does not explain why a distribution takes this shape, so this page does not assign it a cause.
Holding an hourly posting against the median
The dataset behind this page carries Vermont's hourly wage only at the median: $23.80, against $22.78 nationally, a 4% gap that matches the gap in the annual median.
That makes it the one figure to hold an hourly posting against directly.
For the rest of the range, the annual percentiles are the only guide here, so before comparing a posted hourly rate with them, ask how many hours a week the role is scheduled for.
No state credential — what the CVT in Vermont is
Vermont issues no veterinary technician credential: the section index of 26 V.S.A.
Chapter 44 has zero technician entries, and the state's Veterinary Board licenses veterinarians only.
The CVT on Vermont job ads is a private designation from the Vermont Veterinary Technician Association (VVTA), earned by graduating from an AVMA-accredited veterinary technology program and passing the VTNE, and kept with 18 VVTA continuing-education credits every two years.
It confers no legal scope, and the data carries no split between credentialed and uncredentialed technicians, so this page cannot show a pay difference between them.
Vermont Veterinary Technician Association (VVTA)
No state credential exists — the section index of 26 V.S.A. Chapter 44 (Veterinary Medicine), §§2401–2433, has zero technician entries.
The VTNE, required for the private VVTA CVT; no state exam and no jurisprudence exam exists, because there is no state credential.
VVTA only: 18 CE credits every two years, with no more than 6 credits from on-demand online sources per cycle.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median vet tech salary in Vermont?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2025 estimate puts the Vermont median annual wage for veterinary technologists and technicians at $49,490, or $23.80 an hour.
Half of those counted earned more and half earned less.
The national median in the same release is $47,380, so Vermont sits 4% above it — a modest gap at the middle of the range, even though the floor of Vermont's distribution runs much higher than that.
How much do the top-paid vet techs in Vermont earn?
The Vermont 90th percentile is $58,430, meaning one in ten technicians counted earned more than that.
Nationally the 90th percentile is $63,180, 8% higher.
The gap is nearly as wide at the 75th percentile: $54,290 in Vermont against $57,650 nationally, a 6% difference.
That is the opposite pattern from the floor of the range, where Vermont's figures lead the national ones.
What does the low end of the range look like in Vermont?
The Vermont 10th percentile is $48,050, which is 35% above the national 10th percentile of $35,710 — the biggest gap anywhere in the range.
The 25th percentile, $48,430, is 24% higher than the national $38,910.
Both figures sit close to the Vermont median of $49,490, which is part of why the state's overall pay band is so narrow.
How many vet techs work in Vermont?
BLS estimates that 390 veterinary technologists and technicians were employed in Vermont, 44th among the 51 jurisdictions that publish a median.
That is a headcount of people in jobs during the survey period, not a count of vacancies, so it describes the size of the occupation in the state rather than how quickly positions are filled.
Do you need a credential to work as a vet tech in Vermont?
No. Vermont issues no state veterinary technician credential — the section index of 26 V.S.A.
Chapter 44 has zero technician entries.
The CVT on Vermont job ads is a private designation from the Vermont Veterinary Technician Association, earned through an AVMA-accredited program and the VTNE.
The Vermont requirements page on this site sets out what the VVTA asks for and what the statute leaves open.
More Vermont Veterinary Technician Resources
Sources
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — Vermont, SOC 29-2056 Veterinary Technologists and Technicians (BLS Public Data API) (retrieved 2026-09-16)
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025 national estimates — SOC 29-2056 (via O*NET OnLine) (retrieved 2026-08-15)
- Vermont Veterinary Technician Association — "CVT Membership" page, as summarised on the Vermont requirements page (retrieved 2026-09-16)
Wage figures: BLS OEWS May 2025 state and national estimates, SOC 29-2056, retrieved 2026-09-16. Page last updated 2026-09-23.