Tag: salaries

by Paulick Report Staff|09/11/2022|8:47am For the first time in 17 years, veterinarian salaries are trending up while debt is trending down. The mean debt-to-income ratio for new veterinarians is the lowest it’s been since 2005 at 1.4:1. Mean educational debt was down to $147,258, and the mean starting salary for full-time veterinarians, not just those practicing equine vet med, was …

The debt-to-earnings ratio for 2021 full-time U.S. veterinary graduates is 1.67:1, down from 2.09:1 last year and the lowest since 2008. Compared to last year, more graduates had a DIR between 0.01:1 and 1.99:1 — which is considered a safe ratio — and there was a jump from $90,722 to $99,593 in the 2020 median weighted starting salary for veterinary …