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Benefits for Veterinarians

Guaranteed salary.
Comprehensive benefits.
No trade-offs.

Health insurance? Check. Paid parental leave? Check. Guilt free leave? Check.

IndeVets doctors are W-2 employees. That means the benefits are real, stable, and designed to support a long-term veterinary career. Our vets earn a guaranteed salary paid every two weeks. No more production pressure or income swings.

Built like an associate role. Designed for vets who want control over their schedule.

Unlike traditional relief work, IndeVets doctors are W-2 veterinarians. That means you can choose the days you work while still having the stability, benefits, and professional support that come with being part of a real team.

Benefits and time-off programs scale with the number of days you choose to work, supporting both part-time and full-time veterinary careers.

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Wanna get specific about what you can expect in your benefits package? Let’s do it.

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Guaranteed salary
Medical insurance options including two plans fully paid by IndeVets
Coverage for spouses, children, and domestic partners
Dental and vision insurance
Company-paid short-term disability insurance
Generous paid time off
Paid parental leave
Continuing education allowance plus additional PTO for CE
License reimbursement
401(k) and Roth 401(k) with 100 percent employer match up to the first 4 percent with no vesting period
Company-paid professional liability insurance
Discounted memberships to VIN, VETgirl, Fear Free certification, VetRec AI scribe, and more
Tenure bonuses and sabbaticals through our Associate IndeVets Loyalty Program
Guilt-free leaves of absence when life requires time away

Guaranteed pay is the floor, not the ceiling.

Your salary is the starting point. Here’s how the rest adds up.

  • Every minute you work is paid. Answering client questions after appointments? Finishing records because you fit in an emergency? Any time above your minimum hours is paid as overage, not absorbed.
  • Paid travel time. Some partner hospitals sit outside a 45-minute radius, and many opt to pay your travel time to and from the clinic.
  • Specialty shift pay. Urgent care, ER, surgery, and dentistry shifts come with a pay bump over your base rate.
  • PTO Power Up. You have the option to pick up extra shifts beyond your normal schedule and choose your reward: more pay now, or more PTO later.
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Benefits that go beyond industry standards

IndeVets was built to create a better veterinary career. That includes offering benefits that go well beyond what many associates receive today.

According to the 2023 AVMA Report on the Economic State of the Veterinary Profession:

 

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100% of 3-5 Day Associate IndeVets receive paid vacation leave. Across the veterinary industry, about 80% of associates receive this benefit.

Illustrative graph showing 10% of vets in the industry have paid parental leave as a benefit versus 100% of IndeVets

100% of 3-5 Day Associate IndeVets receive paid parental leave. Across the industry, only about 10% of associates receive this benefit.

Illustrative graph showing 67% of vets in the industry have continuing education allowance as a benefit versus 100% of IndeVets

100% of 3-5 Day Associate IndeVets receive continuing education support and dedicated time off for CE. Across the industry, only about 67% of associates receive this support.

Great doctors. Happy human beings.

Read real-life stories of IndeVets who achieved
professional success without personal compromise.

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You became a veterinarian to practice great medicine. IndeVets is built to support you with stability, control over your schedule, and a community that make that possible.

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