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Veterinary Technician

Banfield Pet Hospital

Renton, WAJob$18–35/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Compensation
$18–35/hr
Location
Renton, WA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Banfield Pet Hospital is seeking a Credentialed Veterinary Technician, or a veterinary technician completing accreditation, to provide preventive care and treatment for pets. The role involves building relationships with pets and their owners, collaborating with teammates, and contributing veterinary expertise. Banfield offers benefits to eligible full-time associates, including insurance, paid time off, continuing education, and retirement savings.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Preventive Pet CareRelationship BuildingTeam CollaborationVeterinary Medicine

Qualifications

Veterinary Technician Accreditation

Benefits

Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Tuition Assistance
Parental Leave
401(k) Match

Full job description

If you are a current associate, you will need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse Jobs.

Credentialed Veterinary Technician

The anticipated starting hourly rate for individuals expressing interest in this position is $18 to $35 per hour. Rate to be determined by the schedule, location, experience, skills, and abilities of the applicant.

Who we are

We’re Banfield. You’ve probably seen us around. We started in 1955 as a small practice with big ideas about preventive petcare. We’re now the leading general veterinary care practice in America, where providing high quality preventive care and treatment advances our mission: A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.  We’d love to have you join our team to help in this mission.

We love pets. You know who else we love? CVTs. We enable CVTs to work at the top of their license and provide them resources and training to feel and work their best. A supportive work environment is important at Banfield, and we cultivate a culture and team based on collaboration, networking, and lifting one another up.

Banfield’s here for you so you can be there for pets!

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for Credentialed Veterinary Technicians (or VTs currently in the process of completing accreditation) to add their passion, skills, and education to our team. We believe in hiring individuals with diverse perspectives, ideas, and cultures, who use their expertise in a way that benefits pets, clients, teams, and communities.

Whether you’re a recent graduate or an experienced Technician looking for a change, a new beginning at Banfield means an open door to explore the next best move in your professional career.

Role responsibilities

  • Provide furry, feathered, and scaled pets with the best possible care, especially preventive care

  • Build close relationships with pets and the humans who love them

  • Work closely with teammates and cultivate a positive, dynamic work culture

  • Impact the future of veterinary medicine with your own expertise and ways of practicing medicine

  • Exemplify the Mars Five Principles — Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency, and Freedom

What we offer

Now the good stuff! We believe in taking care of our employees so they can take care of themselves, their family, and the pets they treat. We value work-life balance too! Here are just a few of the benefits full-time associates are eligible for:

The good stuff:

  • Competitive salary with paid time off so you can spend time with the people you love

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and loved ones

  • 16 hours of Medical Education and Development (MED) for continuing education

  • Fertility and family-building assistance

  • Paid parental leave

  • Practice Paid Basic Life Insurance

  • Practice Paid Short- and Long-Term Disability

  • Competitive referral program – join our team, bring your friends, and get paid!*

  • Automatic enrollment 401(k) Savings Plan after 60 days of employment with generous company match

  • Health Savings Account

  • Mental health support and resources

  • Paid volunteering

  • Optimum Wellness Plans® for up to three pets

  • A variety of discounts including Mars, PetSmart, Royal Canin, fitness, cellular and so much more

Even more good stuff:

  • Flexible scheduling

  • Ability to practice at the top of your license

  • Locations all over the US to choose from

  • Opportunities for growth and leadership roles at Banfield, Mars, and other divisions of Mars

  • Dedicated onboarding and development support so you can grow your career (or become a coach yourself!)

  • Continuing education opportunities paid for by us

  • Health and well-being benefits to support quality of life

  • National partner conferences for networking and continuing education

  • Discount on Fear Free Certification

  • Practice-paid subscription to NAVTA, VetGirl, and Vetfolio

  • Associate-led equity, inclusion, and diversity groups (we have 7 of them!)

  • Awesome opportunities to volunteer through Mars Volunteer Program, like volunteering at coral reef cleanups or on research vessels!

Full job description (https://jobs.banfield.com/CVT-job-description)

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How this job compares

Set against the 1,627 open Veterinary Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 1, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$18–35/hr
  • Washington median$27–38/hr46 hourly ranges
  • US median$23–33/hr1,315 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $26.50/hr, is 20% below the Washington median midpoint ($33/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Veterinary Technician hourly ranges in Washington.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 50 open Veterinary Technician jobs in Washington and 1,627 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington
Experience
Veterinary Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (439 postings).
Education
10 of the 1,627 open Veterinary Technician jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 1, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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