allied · SOC 29-1131
Veterinarians
National median $130,100 / yr · 83,900 jobs nationally. Same job, very different outcomes by state — see the WageBench Score below.
National median
$130,100
BLS OEWS
Top state by Score
MD
Score 72 · Maryland
Top-paying metro
San Francisco
$208,080 median
Top WageBench Score
75
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Top 10 destinations
Same job. Wildly different outcomes by metro. Click any column to re-sort.
| Rank | Area | Annual Median | Take-Home | State Tax | COL Index | NLC | WageBench Score ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $208,080 | $195,595 | 6.0% | — | — | 75 |
| #2 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $163,810 | $163,810 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 74 |
| #3 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $162,930 | $154,784 | 5.0% | — | ✓ | 74 |
| #4 | Maryland | $163,170 | $155,012 | 5.0% | 105 | ✓ | 72 |
| #5 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $192,160 | $180,630 | 6.0% | — | — | 72 |
| #6 | Washington | $160,510 | $160,510 | 0.0% | 107 | ✓ | 72 |
| #7 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $161,060 | $157,034 | 2.5% | — | ✓ | 71 |
| #8 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $132,440 | $132,440 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 70 |
| #9 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $139,810 | $135,518 | 3.1% | — | ✓ | 70 |
| #10 | Jacksonville, FL | $133,810 | $133,810 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 70 |
National wage distribution
How pay spreads across the workforce — from the 10th percentile (entry / low-COL settings) to the 90th (highest-paying environments).
P10
$73,920
P25
$101,460
MEDIAN
$130,100
P75
$166,120
P90
$215,700
Hourly mean
$69
Hourly median
$63
Annual mean
$142,680
Total US jobs
83,900
Every state & metro, ranked
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| Area | State | Median | Take-Home | State Tax | COL Index | NLC | HPSA | WageBench Score ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | CA | $208,080 | $195,595 | 6.0% | — | — | 24 | 75 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | WA | $163,810 | $163,810 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 21 | 74 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | MD | $162,930 | $154,784 | 5.0% | — | ✓ | 24 | 74 |
| Maryland | MD | $163,170 | $155,012 | 5.0% | 105 | ✓ | 24 | 72 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | CA | $192,160 | $180,630 | 6.0% | — | — | 24 | 72 |
| Washington | WA | $160,510 | $160,510 | 0.0% | 107 | ✓ | 21 | 72 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | AZ | $161,060 | $157,034 | 2.5% | — | ✓ | 21 | 71 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | FL | $132,440 | $132,440 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | PA | $139,810 | $135,518 | 3.1% | — | ✓ | 21 | 70 |
| Jacksonville, FL | FL | $133,810 | $133,810 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | CO | $135,090 | $129,146 | 4.4% | — | ✓ | 22 | 70 |
| Arizona | AZ | $152,020 | $148,220 | 2.5% | 101 | ✓ | 21 | 70 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | TX | $133,250 | $133,250 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 23 | 70 |
| New Mexico | NM | $129,390 | $123,050 | 4.9% | 92 | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | FL | $129,890 | $129,890 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | NC | $130,350 | $124,810 | 4.3% | — | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| North Carolina | NC | $129,240 | $123,747 | 4.3% | 94 | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| Tennessee | TN | $124,350 | $124,350 | 0.0% | 92 | ✓ | 23 | 70 |
| Texas | TX | $131,330 | $131,330 | 0.0% | 97 | ✓ | 23 | 69 |
| Louisiana | LA | $124,370 | $120,639 | 3.0% | 88 | ✓ | 23 | 69 |
| Pennsylvania | PA | $133,520 | $129,421 | 3.1% | 98 | ✓ | 21 | 69 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | FL | $131,190 | $131,190 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 24 | 69 |
| Iowa | IA | $124,610 | $119,875 | 3.8% | 88 | ✓ | 21 | 69 |
| Indiana | IN | $124,530 | $120,732 | 3.0% | 93 | ✓ | 23 | 69 |
| West Virginia | WV | $128,990 | $122,798 | 4.8% | 89 | ✓ | 23 | 69 |
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Not published by BLS (2) — BLS suppresses wage estimates where employment is too low to disclose. These states likely still employ this occupation; there's just no public wage to rank: Alaska, Delaware.
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