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title: "Careers Working With Animals"
description: "Occupations whose day-to-day work involves animals, wildlife, or livestock."
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last-updated: "2026-08-23T15:56:39.581Z"
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# Careers Working With Animals

Occupations whose day-to-day work involves animals, wildlife, or livestock.

13 occupations, in the ranked order the career bank computed. Wages are BLS OEWS, May 2025. Growth figures are BLS Employment Projections and education is the BLS "typical education needed for entry".

| # | Occupation | Median annual wage | Projected growth | Typical education |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Veterinarian](https://nuecareer.com/careers/veterinarian) | $130,100 | +9.6% | Doctorate |
| 2 | [Wildlife Biologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/wildlife-biologist) | $76,780 | +1.6% | Bachelor's |
| 3 | [Fish and Game Warden](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fish-and-game-warden) | $74,060 | -6.0% | Bachelor's |
| 4 | [Animal Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/animal-scientist) | $68,940 | +5.8% | Bachelor's |
| 5 | [First-Line Supervisor of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-farming-fishing-and-forestry-workers) | $59,320 | +2.5% | High school |
| 6 | [Animal Breeder](https://nuecareer.com/careers/animal-breeder) | $51,130 | +2.4% | High school |
| 7 | [Veterinary Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/veterinary-technician) | $47,380 | +9.1% | Associate's |
| 8 | [Animal Control Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/animal-control-worker) | $45,660 | +3.9% | High school |
| 9 | [Animal Trainer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/animal-trainer) | $39,990 | +5.1% | High school |
| 10 | [Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutter and Trimmer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/meat-poultry-and-fish-cutter-and-trimmer) | $38,300 | +5.5% | No formal credential |
| 11 | [Veterinary Assistant and Laboratory Animal Caretaker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/veterinary-assistant-and-laboratory-animal-caretaker) | $38,150 | +8.7% | High school |
| 12 | [Farmworker, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animal](https://nuecareer.com/careers/farmworker-farm-ranch-and-aquacultural-animal) | $36,670 | -5.0% | No formal credential |
| 13 | [Animal Caretaker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/animal-caretaker) | $35,360 | +12.1% | High school |

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology

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