$45,000 - $200,000 depending on the business and your profession.
For Example: You can be a large animal vet, mainly taking care of Horses, cows and livestock in general, there are domestic vets,you take care of cats, dogs, ferrets, Etc. Or you can go for a large assortment of animals. They probably make the most because they can deal with many more species. You can go for a certain animal like horses or cows and specialize like that. Like Parakeets. you could be The Parakeet Veterinarian! Exclusively taking care of Parakeets. Stuff like that.
Median annual earnings of veterinarians were $66,590 in May 2004. The middle 50 percent earned between $51,420 and $88,060. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $39,020, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $118,430. According to a survey by the American Veterinary Medical Association, average starting salaries of veterinary medical college graduates in 2004 varied by type of practice as follows: Small animals, predominantly $50,878 Small animals, exclusively 50,703 Large animals, exclusively 50,403 Private clinical practice 49,635 Large animals, predominantly 48,529 Mixed animals 47,704 Equine (horses) 38,628 The average annual salary for veterinarians in the Federal Government in nonsupervisory, supervisory, and managerial positions was $78,769 in 2005.
In the United States in 2011, the average annual salary was $90,000.
The Bureau also gives the annual earnings of veterinarians by certain percentiles. The bottom 10 percent earned $47,670, while the bottom 25 percent received $62,770.The fiftieth percentile or median earnings were $80,510, so half earned more and half earned less than this amount. The top 25 percent made $105,190, and the top 10 percent earned $142,910. The difference between the highest and lowest 10 percent is thus more than $95,000. All numbers come from the May, 2009 data.The highest-paying jobs for veterinarians in the Bureau of Labor report were in medical and diagnostic laboratories, paying an average income of $114,590 yearly. The next highest pay was in the pharmaceutical industry, with an average of $107,200 per year. Scientific research and development, third on the list, paid an average of $97,620 per year. Thus the highest-paid veterinarians did not work in ordinary animal care.Location has a large influence on the annual pay for veterinarians, with certain states paying especially well. Top-paying states include New Jersey, with an annual average wage of $117,170, and Connecticut, with an average of $116,150. Florida comes third, with an annual pay of $150,540. In South Carolina and California, veterinarians had average annual incomes over $99,000.Some metropolitan areas had especially good average pay for veterinarians at the time of the B.L.S survey. These include the Miami-Kendall, Florida greater metropolitan area, with an average pay of $162,650, and the Newark, New Jersey-Union, Pennsylvania greater area, with an average of $150,230. The third highest-paying region was the Canton-Massillon, Ohio area at $140,540. Two other areas paying over $130,000 per year were the Utica-Rome, New York area and Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida.
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