{"id":112,"date":"2009-03-12T08:47:22","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T13:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=112"},"modified":"2009-03-13T10:02:54","modified_gmt":"2009-03-13T15:02:54","slug":"are-veterinary-technician-jobs-truly-recession-proof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/are-veterinary-technician-jobs-truly-recession-proof\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Veterinary Technician Jobs Truly Recession Proof?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By way of DVM 360, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re catching up on a recent story from CBS News, which reports that jobs for veterinary technicians and veterinarians may be among those highly-coveted \u00e2\u20ac\u0153recession-proof\u00e2\u20ac\u009d jobs<\/a>. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s good news in general, but the CBS News report tosses around some numbers that paint a slightly skewed picture of the earning potential for technicians.<\/p>\n

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CBS quotes Laurence Shatkin<\/a>, the author of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153150 Best Recession-Proof\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/a> jobs, who lists veterinary technicians at number 2 on his list and veterinarians at number 4. Why are jobs for techs and DVMs so secure? According to Shatkin, people are spending more money than ever on their pets, especially when it comes to veterinary care. That increased demand in care has resulted in an increased demand for veterinary technicians and veterinarians.<\/p>\n

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While it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s true people are spending more overall on their pets<\/a> (a trend groups such as the American Pet Products Association<\/a> believes will continue, despite the economic downturn), spending in some areas, such as veterinary medicine, is down.<\/p>\n

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There is one area, though, where CBS really gets things skewed. The report profiles Cynthia Mark, a former computer analyst who traded her keyboard and mouse for a career with dogs and cats. According to CBS, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153over time, Mark can match the $70,000\u00e2\u20ac\u009d salary of her old job.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Where that number came from is unclear, so it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s unknown where the CBS reporter pulled that figure. But the numbers on the federal Bureau of Labor Statistic\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s website<\/a> tell a different story. According to the BLS, the mean annual salary for veterinary technicians is $28,920<\/a>, a far cry from $70,000 a year. Meanwhile, the BLS pegs the starting salary for DVMs at $84,090. Those numbers are from a May 2007 BLS report.<\/p>\n

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Whether jobs for DVMs and technicians are truly recession-proof remains to be seen\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re still in the thick of a financial crisis, after all, and no area is truly safe. Veterinary Economics has some good tips about talking to your team about the downturn<\/a>, but we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to hear from you. Are these jobs really recession-proof? And what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the earning potential really like out there for veterinarians and technicians?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By way of DVM 360, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re catching up on a recent story from CBS News, which reports that jobs for veterinary technicians and veterinarians may be among those highly-coveted \u00e2\u20ac\u0153recession-proof\u00e2\u20ac\u009d jobs. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s good news in general, but the CBS News report tosses around some numbers that paint a slightly skewed picture of the earning potential […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,38],"tags":[41,40,42,43,44,39],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127,"href":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}