Veterinary Technician Salary in Wisconsin

At the median, Wisconsin sits 1% below the nation: $47,020 against $47,380.

The hourly median tells the same story — $22.61 against $22.78 nationally, also 1% below.

Move away from the median and the pattern flips.

The Wisconsin 10th percentile, $37,900, is 6% above the national $35,710, and the 25th percentile, $44,390, is 14% above the national $38,910.

At the top, the state falls behind: the 75th percentile, $52,310, is 9% below the national $57,650, and the 90th, $59,110, is 6% below the national $63,180.

A technician benchmarking against national upper-percentile figures would overstate what the Wisconsin distribution shows, while the entry end of the range runs higher than the national numbers suggest.

Half of the Wisconsin technicians counted earned between $44,390 and $52,310 — a band $7,920 wide.

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

From the 10th percentile ($37,900) to the 90th ($59,110), Wisconsin spans $21,210, against $27,470 nationally.

The median also sits much closer to the 25th percentile than to the 75th: $2,630 above the one and $5,290 below the other — pay bunches just above the 25th percentile, with the upper half of the band stretched out further.

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 Wisconsin's hourly wage only at the median: $22.61, against $22.78 nationally, a 1% gap that matches the gap in the annual median.

That makes it the figure to hold an hourly posting against, particularly given how much the annual percentiles diverge from the national ones at the floor and the ceiling.

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

BLS estimates 2,590 veterinary technologists and technicians employed in Wisconsin, 14th among the 51 jurisdictions that publish a median.

That is a headcount of people counted in the job during the survey period, not a count of open positions, so it says nothing about how many roles are currently unfilled or how quickly a posting there gets applicants.

Read alongside the percentile figures above, it describes a workforce counted in the larger half of jurisdictions, paid in a narrower band than the national one.

Wisconsin certifies technicians as Certified Veterinary Technicians (CVTs) through the Wisconsin Veterinary Examining Board (VEB), a state board, but the Board's own FAQ — the only source this page draws on for credentialing — never quotes statute language settling whether practicing as a technician requires the certification.

What it does document is the route: a two-year supervised-experience requirement, provable through affidavits, each signed by a licensed veterinarian who supervised the work, with the experience splittable across more than one supervisor.

Applicants sit the VTNE plus a separate Wisconsin state exam, both managed by AAVSB, and renew every two years with 15 hours of continuing education, at least 10 of them on scientific topics.

The state exam's own name and any renewal fee go undocumented in the sources this page draws on.

The Wisconsin requirements page on this site lays out the full route, including how a lapsed credential is reinstated.