Employment
 Veterinarians
hold about 62,000 jobs in the U.S. According to the American Veterinary
Medical Association, about 3 out of 4 veterinarians are employed in a
solo or group practice. Most others were salaried employees of another
veterinary practice. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show
that the Federal Government employed about 1,400 civilian veterinarians,
chiefly in the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Health and Human
Services, and, increasingly, Homeland Security.
Other employers of
veterinarians are State and local governments, colleges of veterinary
medicine, medical schools, research laboratories, animal food companies,
and pharmaceutical companies. A few veterinarians work for zoos, but
most veterinarians caring for zoo animals are private practitioners who
contract with the zoos to provide services, usually on a part-time
basis.
Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the US Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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