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Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers May 2025 estimates for Texas and its published labor markets.
Statewide pay BLS May 2025, Texas. Published annual and hourly estimates. Measure Annual pay Hourly pay 10th percentile $24,070 $11.57 25th percentile $29,340 $14.10 Median $34,850 $16.75 75th percentile $43,270 $20.81 90th percentile $46,890 $22.55 Average $35,730 $17.18
A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.
Estimated employment: 8,440 . This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.
The middle half of annual wages runs from $29,340 to $43,270 in 2025, a span of $13,930. Percentiles describe the wage distribution across jobs. They do not identify experience levels or promise an offer.
Compare labor markets Across 15 distinct areas with comparable 2025 estimates, medians range from $28,140 in El Paso, TX to $36,040 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
Each published area appears once. Employment totals across counties must not be added together. Published area Median annual pay Estimated jobs Abilene, TX $29,710 60 Amarillo, TX $30,210 100 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $35,530 780 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $33,000 80 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $29,690 60 College Station-Bryan, TX $29,960 410 Corpus Christi, TX $33,650 100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $36,040 2,350 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $29,980 40 El Paso, TX $28,140 150 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $35,370 2,140 Killeen-Temple, TX $30,490 90 Longview, TX $30,320 60 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $29,300 60 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $36,010 950
Find the estimate for your county County Choose a county Andrews: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Angelina: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Aransas: Corpus Christi, TX Armstrong: Amarillo, TX Atascosa: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Austin: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Bailey: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Bandera: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Bastrop: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Baylor: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Bee: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Bell: Killeen-Temple, TX Bexar: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Borden: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Brazoria: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Brazos: College Station-Bryan, TX Brewster: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Briscoe: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Brooks: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Burleson: College Station-Bryan, TX Caldwell: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Calhoun: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Callahan: Abilene, TX Carson: Amarillo, TX Castro: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Chambers: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Childress: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Collin: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Collingsworth: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Colorado: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Comal: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Coryell: Killeen-Temple, TX Cottle: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Crane: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Crockett: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Culberson: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Dallam: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Dallas: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Dawson: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Deaf Smith: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Denton: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX DeWitt: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Dickens: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Donley: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Duval: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Ellis: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX El Paso: El Paso, TX Fisher: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Floyd: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Foard: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Fort Bend: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Gaines: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Galveston: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Glasscock: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Gonzales: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Gray: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Gregg: Longview, TX Guadalupe: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Hale: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hall: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hansford: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hardeman: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hardin: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Harris: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Harrison: Longview, TX Hartley: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Haskell: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hays: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Hemphill: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Houston: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Howard: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hudspeth: El Paso, TX Hunt: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Hutchinson: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jackson: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jasper: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jeff Davis: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jefferson: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Jim Hogg: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jim Wells: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Johnson: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Jones: Abilene, TX Karnes: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kaufman: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Kendall: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Kenedy: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kent: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area King: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kleberg: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Knox: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lamb: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lampasas: Killeen-Temple, TX Lavaca: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Liberty: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Lipscomb: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Live Oak: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Loving: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area McMullen: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Matagorda: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Medina: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Mitchell: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Montgomery: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Moore: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Motley: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Nacogdoches: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Newton: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Nolan: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Nueces: Corpus Christi, TX Ochiltree: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Oldham: Amarillo, TX Orange: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Panola: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Parker: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Parmer: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Pecos: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Polk: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Potter: Amarillo, TX Presidio: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Randall: Amarillo, TX Reagan: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Reeves: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Refugio: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Roberts: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Robertson: College Station-Bryan, TX Rockwall: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Rusk: Longview, TX Sabine: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area San Augustine: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area San Jacinto: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX San Patricio: Corpus Christi, TX Scurry: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Shackelford: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Shelby: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Sherman: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Starr: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Stonewall: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Swisher: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Tarrant: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Taylor: Abilene, TX Terrell: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Terry: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Throckmorton: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Travis: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Trinity: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Tyler: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Upshur: Longview, TX Upton: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Waller: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Ward: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Wharton: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Wheeler: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Wilbarger: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Willacy: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Williamson: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Wilson: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Winkler: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Wise: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Yoakum: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Zapata: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area View this labor market Browse all 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