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average salary vet

Bobbyred

what is the average salary and the starting salary for a vet?

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Reply 1

TW = LEGEND

well my da is a vet and he earned around 20 grand when he just started and now he earns around 60 grand i think but he owns a successful practice and has 20 years experience!the average salary depends on experience and the size of practice you work in so it can vary a lot!

Reply 2

Woppit_1

I dont actually know any figures, but given that the veterinary proffession is a genuine proffession, and that all members of the other proffessions are well paid, it cant be bad pay.
I fancy that low figures are banded around to put off less motivated would-be-vets. Given the shortage of vets in the country, i geuss salaries must be ok to attract all of the foreign vets in this country.

Sam

Reply 3

RainbowGurl

ive been to 2 completely different, small animal vets.

One was a big, expensive practice and there was about 10 vets there, plus they had other practices elsewhere with more and the vets said they were on about 35,000 each and the partners in the practice were on a lot more.

However, i also go to a small animal vets with 2 vets and the owner is on very little money and so is the other vet (although she only works 2 days a week).

I'm not sure about large animal vets, they may get more or less :confused:

i guess it just depends on the success of the practice and how much time/ money they invest into the company. x

Reply 4

leggielass

£20k, house and car...here's hoping!

Reply 5

sim90

Starting salaries are usually from £20,000 a year.
Experienced veterinary surgeons may earn between £30,000 and £45,000.
Very experienced vets and partners may earn up to £65,000 or more.

Reply 6

RainbowGurl

thats what people get told, but in reallity thats not always the case. x

Reply 7

leggielass

and there are students going into SA no OOH and earning 34k/year straight off! lucky jiggers!

Reply 8

Botticello

20k is a lot more than most people in their early twenties earn anyway

Reply 9

iar_fach_yr_haf

20k is a lot more than most people in their early twenties earn anyway

ye, but my friend was looking at a job in the council which requires 5 GCSEs above a C, and that started at just over £15k. They then paid for your futher training so I guess it's all relative. May be a bigger salary but we also have 5 years of uni debt to pay off...

But obviously being a vet would be a way better job in the end :biggrin:

Reply 10

)(--becca--)(

SA? OOH? I'm probably being thick but what are they?

Reply 11

xxnikkixx

is it small animal? :confused:

cos r vets is a SAH (small animal hospital)..im probs wrong tho!

Reply 12

leggielass

EEK SORRY- Small Animal and Out of Hours. x

I want to be rich.

Yea same, the only reason I want to be a vet is too become filthy dirty rich.....

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rofl

Reply 15

Annaconda

yeah

im planning on winning the lottery though :wink:

Reply 16

Botticello

I wanna be rich just so I can get my own horse :smile:

Reply 17

Lewkah

now i know it's not quite as simple as this, but let's be honest- if you were in it for the money in the first place, you would have probably become a human doctor/surgeon rather than a Vet :p:

For all the training and such, the money is far from great...

but we do get to play with all the cute little rabbits and dogs and cats and hamsters and horses and aligators and snakes and scorpion thiniges and SPIDERS!!

if someone bought me their pet spider to examine, I'm afraid it might get squashed *shudders*

the point i was trying to make is that our salary includes (hopefully) great job satisfaction ^^

Reply 18

LittleMissVet

i hate it when i tell someone im goin to be a vet and they automatically say, oh you wont ever need to worry about money again. im not goin to earn that much. i mean i heard doctors usually end up earning double what a vet earns (unless the vet owns his/her practice)