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City Vet
Salt Lake City, Utah

Owner/Partner Veterinarian

VeterinarianFull-Time

Listed compensation

$168K - $750K

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Job Description

Veterinarian – Owner/Partner at CityVet

Salary: $168,000 – $750,000+

Build your practice. Shape your culture. Create real wealth.

If you’re a veterinarian with an entrepreneurial heart, a passion for leading a team, and a desire to practice medicine your way, CityVet is the partner that helps you do it without the burden of running a clinic alone.

Who We Are

CityVet is a veterinarian led organization with 25+ years of experience and rapidly expanding nationwide. Each clinic is locally owned by its lead veterinarian, empowering you to build your ideal practice while CityVet supports everything else.

Our culture is rooted in kindness, empowerment, and community connection. Values showcased throughout our teams and highlighted across CityVet’s Culture platform.

Here, You Walk Into a Workplace Grounded In

  • Kindness & Connection – We treat clients, patients, and each other like family.
  • Freedom Through Trust – You have the confidence, skills, and autonomy to take meaningful action.
  • Authentic Support – From home office teams to other DVM partners, everyone steps in to help.
  • A People First Mindset – Your wellbeing, your leadership, and your growth matter deeply.‑First Mindset‑being, your leadership, and your growth matter deeply.

Why Become a CityVet Owner/Partner?

Medical Freedom

Practice your medicine with no quotas, restrictive protocols, or corporate pressure. You set the standards of care and build the team who supports your philosophy. Many of our owner veterinarians stay for years because custom built practice environments naturally create strong cultures and low turnover.

Serious Business Support, Without the Red Tape

You lead the medicine and the culture.

We handle the infrastructure:

  • HR, payroll, and recruiting
  • Finance, IT, and marketing
  • Procurement, construction, equipment, and vendor management
  • Leadership development and business coaching
  • Medical, dental, vision, supplemental benefits
  • 401(k) with industry leading 4% match
  • Paid parental leave, generous PTO, mental health support, and CE you’re excited about

CityVet’s home office is consistently rated highly by our veterinarians, reflected in their 9.3/10 internal NPS score - a testament to the quality and responsiveness of our support teams.

Community, Culture & Heart

CityVet doctors and teams are deeply connected to their communities—partnering with rescues, volunteering, supporting shelters, hosting drives, and giving back in meaningful ways. Our clinics aren’t corporate boxes. They are neighborhood anchors built by vets who care.

Ownership With Real Wealth Creation

CityVet’s ownership model allows veterinarians to grow meaningful financial independence.

You’ll receive the capital, tools, and partnership support to open, grow, and scale your clinic. You control decisions that matter—medicine, team, culture, schedule—while benefiting from a proven, successful model.

Want a Sneak Peek Into Life at CityVet? Click these video links to learn more!

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Ready to Own Your Future?

Join a team of supportive peers, compassionate leaders, and dedicated veterinary professionals who believe pets make the world better and who build practices that reflect that belief.

Become a CityVet Owner/Partner and create a career rich in purpose, freedom, and lasting wealth.

Let’s build your practice together.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the medical standards and culture of a locally owned veterinary clinic while managing the clinical team. Focus on providing high-quality patient care and building community connections while utilizing corporate infrastructure for business operations.

Requirements

Requires a veterinarian with an entrepreneurial mindset and a passion for leadership. Must be capable of managing a practice and implementing a specific philosophy of care.

Qualifications

Experience
10+ years of experience

Key Skills

Veterinary MedicineEntrepreneurshipTeam LeadershipPractice ManagementClinical Standards of CareFinancial ManagementCommunity Engagement

Veterinary Medicine Career Context

In Utah, the Veterinary Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$127k (15 salary observations; 81 listings), vs ~$138k nationally (1,125 salary observations; 6,437 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Utah is 98.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$168k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $170k in an average-cost state. 58.6% of Utah clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Veterinary Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 74% have no call, 86% require no weekends.

City Vet holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 72/100, 37 active listings.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Owner/Partner Veterinarian at City Vet a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Veterinary Medicine — ranked against 3,108 active Veterinary Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc.

Top Veterinarian Jobs

11 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution11 jobs · 10 employers

3
<$150k
3
$150k
2
$160k
1
$175k
2
$180k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks11 jobs · 10 employers

Sign-on bonus
100%
401k / retirement match
91% this job
Relocation assistance
91%
CME allowance
73% this job
Loan repayment
18%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Veterinarian

Pure Paws Veterinary Care · New York, New York

$160k-$180k
#2

Veterinarian

Veterinary Practice Partners · New York, New York

$160k-$180k
#3

Customer Development Consulting Veterinarian

$118k-$175k
#4

Veterinarian - Tacoma, WA

$140k-$160k
+ 9 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.6
Better work-life than 60% of Veterinary Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,108 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Salt Lake City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$590k≈ 3.5× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,603/mo≈ 11% of gross pay
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About City Vet

Veterinary Services
Dallas, Texas
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision, supplemental benefits
401(k) with 4% match
Paid parental leave
Generous PTO
Mental health support
CE allowance