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Pay ranged from $37,730 a year at laboratories to $48,020 a year for the federal government. California, Texas, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania employ the most vet techs, with California employing the most at 8,560 techs, as of 2011 according to the BLS survey. Vet Techs in California earn the highest salaries in this group, with an annual mean wage of $35,500. Vet techs in Florida and Texas make the least among the group of high-employment states, at $29,250 and $28,830 a year, respectively.
Veterinary technicians in West Virginia had the lowest average salary, $25,780, according to the May 2011 report from the BLS. In Oklahoma, the average was $26,360, and in Idaho, it was $26,390. Veterinary techs in Kentucky averaged $26,770 annually, and in Alabama, they averaged $26,960.ationwide, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that, as of May 2011, the average salary for veterinary technicians was $31,570 annually. This was equivalent to $15.18 per hour.