A Registered Veterinary Technician or RVT does a variety of tasks that would be assigned to multiple people in human medicine. With two or four years of education, a national test, a state board test, and extensive knowledge of not just one species but a plethora of species, the salary of RVTs should be increased.
Why is this important?
As a RVT, I know what my job consists of and I believe we are some of the most hard working, underpaid individuals. We are not just nurses but are anesthesiologists, lab techs, xray techs, surgical techs, dental hygenists, pharmacy techs, and the list continues. The average salary a Registered Nurse makes is $26.65 per hour, while the average salary a RVT makes is $15.24. I believe our salaries should be around the same as RNs. No hate to all the great RNs out there, I personally appreciate you all. Having members in my family who are RNs just made me want to be like them but with animals. We love our jobs but our salaries don't reflect our extensive education and the various titles we hold under one name. I want all the RVTs to be more recognized and more valued for all of the hard work we do.
