Vocational Programs for Animal Caretakers Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
269K	$16.12	$33,530

The role of Animal Caretakers is to feed, water, groom, bathe, exercise, or otherwise provide care to promote and maintain the well-being of pets and other animals that are not raised for consumption, such as dogs, cats, race horses, ornamental fish or birds, zoo animals, and mice The average annual wage of the occupations is $33,530 and $16 per hour. 1 vocational program could be taken for the Animal Caretakers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 268,830 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Animal Caretakers is $8,350. The average length of the programs is 412 hours and the average completion time is 8.33 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Animal Caretakers Career

The following 1 vocational program is required or helpful to prepare Animal Caretakers. Total 10 schools are offering certificate programs.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Animal Caretakers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Dog/Pet/Animal Grooming	10	$8,350	$1,250	412 Hours	8.33 Months

Schools offering voational programs for Animal Caretakers

The following 10 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Animal Caretakers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.