allied · SOC 29-2056

Veterinary Technologists and Technicians

National median $47,380 / yr · 129,140 jobs nationally. Same job, very different outcomes by state — see the WageBench Score below.

National median

$47,380

BLS OEWS

Top state by Score

ND

Score 73 · North Dakota

Top-paying metro

San Francisco

$71,090 median

Top WageBench Score

75

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

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	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$61,260	$61,260	0.0%	—	✓	75
#2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$71,090	$66,825	6.0%	—	—	73
#3	North Dakota	$48,790	$47,814	2.0%	89	✓	73
#4	Washington	$59,740	$59,740	0.0%	107	✓	72
#5	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$56,580	$54,090	4.4%	—	✓	72
#6	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$67,280	$63,243	6.0%	—	—	71
#7	Ohio	$47,990	$46,550	3.0%	93	✓	71
#8	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$50,240	$48,105	4.3%	—	✓	71
#9	North Carolina	$47,620	$45,596	4.3%	94	✓	70
#10	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$47,620	$47,620	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
$35,710
P25
$38,910
MEDIAN
$47,380
P75
$57,650
P90
$63,180

Hourly mean

$24

Hourly median

$23

Annual mean

$49,120

Total US jobs

129,140

Filter by state, set a minimum WageBench Score, or restrict to Nurse Licensure Compact members. 484 scored areas total.

StateMin WageBench ScoreNLC compact only

484 areas · page 1 of 20

Area	State	Median	Take-Home	State Tax	COL Index	NLC	HPSA	WageBench Score ↓
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	WA	$61,260	$61,260	0.0%	—	✓	21	75
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	CA	$71,090	$66,825	6.0%	—	—	24	73
North Dakota	ND	$48,790	$47,814	2.0%	89	✓	23	73
Washington	WA	$59,740	$59,740	0.0%	107	✓	21	72
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	CO	$56,580	$54,090	4.4%	—	✓	22	72
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	CA	$67,280	$63,243	6.0%	—	—	24	71
Ohio	OH	$47,990	$46,550	3.0%	93	✓	23	71
Raleigh-Cary, NC	NC	$50,240	$48,105	4.3%	—	✓	24	71
North Carolina	NC	$47,620	$45,596	4.3%	94	✓	24	70
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	FL	$47,620	$47,620	0.0%	—	✓	24	70
Indiana	IN	$48,720	$47,234	3.0%	93	✓	23	70
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	IN	$49,710	$48,194	3.0%	—	✓	23	70
Columbus, OH	OH	$49,260	$47,782	3.0%	—	✓	23	70
South Dakota	SD	$45,300	$45,300	0.0%	89	✓	22	70
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	FL	$47,100	$47,100	0.0%	—	✓	24	69
Jacksonville, FL	FL	$46,570	$46,570	0.0%	—	✓	24	69
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	NC	$46,310	$44,342	4.3%	—	✓	24	69
Iowa	IA	$45,560	$43,829	3.8%	88	✓	21	69
New Mexico	NM	$44,790	$42,595	4.9%	92	✓	24	69
Colorado	CO	$49,650	$47,465	4.4%	103	✓	22	69
Kansas City, MO-KS	MO	$46,260	$44,178	4.5%	—	✓	24	69
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	MD	$46,650	$44,318	5.0%	—	✓	24	69
Kansas	KS	$45,810	$43,405	5.3%	90	✓	22	69
Wisconsin	WI	$47,020	$44,528	5.3%	94	✓	21	69
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	TX	$45,100	$45,100	0.0%	—	✓	23	69

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Employer benchmark

National percentile wages, 51-state ranking by WageBench Score, top-25 metros, and methodology footer — formatted for HR / compensation review.

WageBench Score blends pay, taxes, COL, demand, license access and livability into one 0-100 number.