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Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers salary in Arizona

The median veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers in Arizona earns $38,250 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,663 a month.

10th percentile
$35,530
25th percentile
$37,010
Median percentile
$38,250
75th percentile
$45,900
90th percentile
$47,460

Based on 3,340 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$31,958 take-home a year
Gross pay$38,250
Federal income tax−$2,410
Social Security + Medicare−$2,926
Arizona income tax (approx.)−$956
Monthly take-home$2,663
Every two weeks$1,229

Does it go far here?

$37,993Median pay in Arizona is worth this at average US prices (local price level 100.7 vs 100).
58%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,543 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Arizona

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$312,490
Family Medicine Physicians$292,760
General Internal Medicine Physicians$259,320
Pediatricians, General$233,950
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$227,870
Dentists, General$194,180
Architectural and Engineering Managers$167,480
Computer and Information Systems Managers$166,430

All veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers salaries · Take-home pay in Arizona