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Veterinarians · SOC 29-1131

Veterinarians Salary in the Charlottesville Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Charlottesville, VA metro area

Figures describe the Charlottesville, VA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Charlottesville city limits.

Median annual wage$127,460
Median hourly wage$61.28

Veterinarians in the Charlottesville, VA metro area earned a median of $127,460 per year ($61.28 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $57,620 at the 10th percentile to $220,280 at the 90th. BLS estimates 90 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Veterinarians in the Charlottesville metro area earn more than $127,460 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $97,470 and $185,220.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$57,620$97,470$127,460$185,220$220,280
Hourly$27.70$46.86$61.28$89.05$105.91

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Charlottesville metro areathis metro area
    $127,460
  • Virginiastate (VA)
    $126,730
  • United Statesnational
    $130,100

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +1% vs Virginia overall and −2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$81,310$123,567$165,823$208,080Manhattan, KS — $81,310Rapid City, SD — $90,410San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $91,170Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $91,910Billings, MT — $93,140Bowling Green, KY — $97,260Bozeman, MT — $97,430Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $97,960Tulsa, OK — $98,240Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $98,320Oklahoma City, OK — $98,750Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $98,990Columbia, MO — $99,620Columbus, GA-AL — $99,840Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $100,360Auburn-Opelika, AL — $101,060Jefferson City, MO — $101,230Fargo, ND-MN — $101,280Wausau, WI — $101,540Joplin, MO-KS — $102,700Montgomery, AL — $102,700Springfield, MO — $102,740Grand Island, NE — $103,050Missoula, MT — $103,380Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $103,490Logan, UT-ID — $103,490Bismarck, ND — $104,000Fort Smith, AR-OK — $104,110Lincoln, NE — $104,330Jackson, MS — $104,390Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $104,450Alexandria, LA — $104,580Hattiesburg, MS — $104,630Green Bay, WI — $104,850Wichita, KS — $104,930Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $105,090La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $105,230Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $105,300Janesville-Beloit, WI — $105,410Appleton, WI — $105,800Champaign-Urbana, IL — $106,520Youngstown-Warren, OH — $106,770Birmingham, AL — $106,890Morristown, TN — $106,950Omaha, NE-IA — $107,280Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $107,330Lynchburg, VA — $107,870Topeka, KS — $107,990Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $108,000Warner Robins, GA — $108,370Lexington-Fayette, KY — $109,050Eau Claire, WI — $110,120Kenosha, WI — $110,990Clarksville, TN-KY — $111,400Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $111,400Charleston, WV — $112,140Hammond, LA — $112,140Huntsville, AL — $112,230Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $112,450Springfield, IL — $113,890Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $114,950Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $115,100Gainesville, FL — $115,210Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $115,210Lake Charles, LA — $115,210Madison, WI — $115,210College Station-Bryan, TX — $116,170Savannah, GA — $116,480Monroe, LA — $117,400Grand Junction, CO — $117,520Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $117,780Ames, IA — $118,240St. Joseph, MO-KS — $118,290Punta Gorda, FL — $118,600Wheeling, WV-OH — $118,600Winchester, VA-WV — $118,830Bend, OR — $119,020Corvallis, OR — $119,020Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $119,310Harrisonburg, VA — $119,990Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $120,110Saginaw, MI — $120,140Jacksonville, NC — $120,430Tyler, TX — $120,850Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $120,940Coeur d'Alene, ID — $121,000Knoxville, TN — $121,160St. Cloud, MN — $121,400Spartanburg, SC — $121,420McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $121,590Richmond, VA — $121,670Albany, GA — $121,900Roanoke, VA — $121,940Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $122,010Gainesville, GA — $122,040Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $122,130St. Louis, MO-IL — $122,460Kansas City, MO-KS — $122,490Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $122,510Johnson City, TN — $122,580Ogden, UT — $122,740Abilene, TX — $122,820Waco, TX — $122,920Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $122,940Homosassa Springs, FL — $123,220El Paso, TX — $123,250Columbus, OH — $123,270Athens-Clarke County, GA — $123,320Killeen-Temple, TX — $123,390Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $123,520Erie, PA — $123,670Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $123,920Amarillo, TX — $124,020Traverse City, MI — $124,330Syracuse, NY — $124,400Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $124,470Lafayette, LA — $124,470Rome, GA — $124,530Evansville, IN — $124,590Las Cruces, NM — $124,640Longview, TX — $124,730Anchorage, AK — $124,810Flint, MI — $124,930Fort Wayne, IN — $124,970Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $124,970Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $124,970Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $125,130Canton-Massillon, OH — $125,150Eugene-Springfield, OR — $125,310Chambersburg, PA — $125,400Manchester-Nashua, NH — $125,410Bloomington, IN — $125,480Reno, NV — $125,530Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $125,640Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $125,660Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $125,750Chattanooga, TN-GA — $125,790Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $125,860Corpus Christi, TX — $126,140Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $126,140Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $126,190Binghamton, NY — $126,230Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $126,230Utica-Rome, NY — $126,320Lubbock, TX — $126,420Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $126,500Duluth, MN-WI — $126,650Greeley, CO — $126,730Colorado Springs, CO — $126,790Baton Rouge, LA — $126,890Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $126,960Toledo, OH — $126,970Cedar Rapids, IA — $127,160Idaho Falls, ID — $127,240Ann Arbor, MI — $127,270Boise City, ID — $127,410Charlottesville, VA — $127,460Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $127,500New Haven, CT — $127,570Rochester, NY — $127,580South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $127,650Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $127,670Bangor, ME — $127,730Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $127,850Pittsfield, MA — $127,910Iowa City, IA — $128,180Fayetteville, NC — $128,190Greenville, NC — $128,250Port St. Lucie, FL — $128,260Pittsburgh, PA — $128,290New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $128,360Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $128,500Winston-Salem, NC — $128,530San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $128,550Cleveland, OH — $128,610Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $128,630Springfield, MA — $128,750Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $128,940Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $128,980Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $128,990Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $129,030Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $129,080Santa Fe, NM — $129,380Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $129,390Ocala, FL — $129,410York-Hanover, PA — $129,610Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $129,730Burlington, NC — $129,800Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $129,810Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $129,890Greensboro-High Point, NC — $129,910Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $129,940Columbia, SC — $129,960Rochester, MN — $130,000Asheville, NC — $130,330Salem, OR — $130,330Raleigh-Cary, NC — $130,350Akron, OH — $130,370Gettysburg, PA — $130,410Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $130,740Urban Honolulu, HI — $130,830Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $130,900Worcester, MA — $130,950Portland-South Portland, ME — $130,990Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $131,190State College, PA — $131,500Tucson, AZ — $131,540Wilmington, NC — $131,670Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $131,680Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $131,720Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $131,780Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $131,820Ithaca, NY — $131,870Boulder, CO — $132,020Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $132,030Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $132,280Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $132,440Lancaster, PA — $132,480Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $132,500Rockford, IL — $132,720Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $132,750Morgantown, WV — $132,990Reading, PA — $133,110Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $133,120Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $133,250Visalia, CA — $133,370Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $133,550Jacksonville, FL — $133,810Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $133,850Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $133,950Mankato, MN — $134,110Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $135,090Medford, OR — $135,740Kingston, NY — $135,760Peoria, IL — $135,860North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $136,840Naples-Marco Island, FL — $137,010Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $138,900Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $139,810Albuquerque, NM — $140,200Tallahassee, FL — $140,830Stockton-Lodi, CA — $144,020Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $146,590Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $146,960Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $148,730Bellingham, WA — $149,760Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $150,520Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $150,780Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $151,820San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $151,990Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $152,020Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $154,350New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $156,150Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $156,980Fresno, CA — $157,460Vallejo, CA — $157,710Yakima, WA — $158,180Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $158,200Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $158,600Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $158,770Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $158,810Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $158,840Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $158,880Redding, CA — $159,010San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $159,750Lexington Park, MD — $159,990Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $160,080Chico, CA — $160,180Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $160,860Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $161,060Modesto, CA — $162,160Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $162,930Salinas, CA — $163,080Kennewick-Richland, WA — $163,520Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $163,630Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $163,810Barnstable Town, MA — $164,060Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $164,620Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $164,820Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $165,260Napa, CA — $172,600San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $192,160San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $208,080

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Charlottesville metro area has the 127th-highest published median for this occupation among the 283 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Virginia

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for veterinarians, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Charlottesville metro areathis page
    $127,460
  • Virginia Beach metro area
    $122,010
  • Roanoke metro area
    $121,940
  • Richmond metro area
    $121,670
  • Harrisonburg metro area
    $119,990
  • Winchester metro area
    $118,830
  • Lynchburg metro area
    $107,870

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Registered Nurses$99,320Physicians, All Other$286,090Nurse Practitioners$142,950Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$67,120Pharmacy Technicians$48,110Pharmacists$142,220

Highest-paying metro areas for veterinarianss · Highest-paying occupations in Charlottesville Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.