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title: "Jobs With Dogs"
description: "Careers working directly with dogs: veterinary care, grooming, training, K9 handling and service-dog work. Careers centred on this field come first, then…"
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# Jobs With Dogs

Careers working directly with dogs: veterinary care, grooming, training, K9 handling and service-dog work. Careers centred on this field come first, then the ones that touch it, each group ranked by national median pay from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. Specialty careers, which BLS reports inside a broader occupation, show that occupation’s figures and are labelled on their pages.

18 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 | [Conservation Detection Dog Handler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/conservation-detection-dog-handler) | $39,990 | +4.2% | High school |
| 2 | [Veterinarian](https://nuecareer.com/careers/veterinarian) | $130,100 | +9.4% | Doctorate |
| 3 | [Veterinary Behaviorist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/veterinary-behaviorist) | $130,100 | +9.4% | Doctorate |
| 4 | [Veterinary Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/veterinary-dentist) | $130,100 | +9.4% | Doctorate |
| 5 | [Veterinary Dermatologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/veterinary-dermatologist) | $130,100 | +9.4% | Doctorate |
| 6 | [Veterinary Oncologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/veterinary-oncologist) | $130,100 | +9.4% | Doctorate |
| 7 | [Veterinary Ophthalmologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/veterinary-ophthalmologist) | $130,100 | +9.4% | Doctorate |
| 8 | [Custom and Border Protection Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/custom-and-border-protection-officer) | $76,210 | +3.5% | High school |
| 9 | [Police Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/police-officer) | $76,210 | +3.5% | High school |
| 10 | [Applied Animal Behaviorist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/applied-animal-behaviorist) | $68,940 | +5.8% | Doctorate |
| 11 | [Animal Breeder](https://nuecareer.com/careers/animal-breeder) | $51,130 | +3.0% | High school |
| 12 | [Canine Rehabilitation Therapist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/canine-rehabilitation-therapist) | $47,380 | +9.4% | Associate's |
| 13 | [Veterinary Dental Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/veterinary-dental-technician) | $47,380 | +9.4% | Associate's |
| 14 | [Veterinary Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/veterinary-technician) | $47,380 | +9.4% | Associate's |
| 15 | [Animal Control Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/animal-control-worker) | $45,660 | +4.0% | High school |
| 16 | [Animal Trainer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/animal-trainer) | $39,990 | +4.2% | High school |
| 17 | [Veterinary Assistant and Laboratory Animal Caretaker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/veterinary-assistant-and-laboratory-animal-caretaker) | $38,150 | +9.1% | High school |
| 18 | [Animal Caretaker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/animal-caretaker) | $35,360 | +12.1% | High school |

Full record for any row, including wage percentiles and state-level pay: https://nuecareer.com/careers/{slug} or https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/{slug}.

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 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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