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What veterinarians make

Median

$125,000

Lower end

$71,000

Upper end

$175,000

Job Bank's national figures: $34.15 an hour at the low end, $60 at the median and $84.13 at the high end, about $71,000, $125,000 and $175,000 a year at 40 hours a week. Most vets are employees (associates) in private clinics. What clinic owners and board-certified specialists earn is not measured separately.