Associate Veterinarian – Thrive in Sunny Phoenix!
Listed compensation
$135K - $165K
Listing transparency5 of 6 stated
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Includes call
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job Description
- Medical/Vision/Dental
- 401(k) match
- Paid parental leave
- Disability coverage
- CE allowance
- VIN membership
- Licensure & dues
- Uniform allowance
- And more Learn more: www.paloverdeanimalhospital.com Apply or inquire: toby@paloverdeanimalhospital.com
Key Responsibilities
Perform wellness exams, diagnostics, preventive care, and soft tissue and dental surgeries. Mentor the technical team and build strong long-term relationships with clients.
Requirements
Seeking a compassionate veterinarian committed to teamwork, professional growth, and high-quality patient care. Must be capable of handling a variety of medical treatments and diagnostic procedures.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Associate Veterinarian – Thrive in Sunny Phoenix! at Palo Verde Animal Hospital a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Veterinary Medicine — ranked against 2,953 active Veterinary Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Veterinary Medicine Career Context
Of the 46 active Veterinary Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 80% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
Veterinary Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 20.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Arizona is 100.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$150k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $149k in an average-cost state. 60.3% of Arizona clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Listing-based score
Above average in Veterinary Medicine
- No weekends
- No nights
- Includes call
Living in Phoenix
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $406k
- Typical market rent
- $1,574/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 26 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 103.3
- State income tax
- Up to 2.5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.