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.


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