Animal care provider vs kennel attendant

The differences between animal care providers and kennel attendants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-3 months to become both an animal care provider and a kennel attendant. Additionally, a kennel attendant has an average salary of $26,373, which is higher than the $24,866 average annual salary of an animal care provider.

The top three skills for an animal care provider include PET, administer medications and husbandry. The most important skills for a kennel attendant are PET, animal handling, and facility laundry.

Animal care provider vs kennel attendant overview

	Animal Care Provider	Kennel Attendant
Yearly salary	$24,866	$26,373
Hourly rate	$11.95	$12.68
Growth rate	28%	28%
Number of jobs	70,701	72,239
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	High School Diploma, 37%
Average age	32	32
Years of experience	3	3

What does an animal care provider do?

An animal care provider is someone who provides care and attention to pets. Usually, this person is part of a veterinary clinic and offers all kinds of care pets ranging from grooming, medical attention, and hygienic care. The animal care provider is an essential contact person for animal lovers, which makes the position important. Part of an animal care provider's responsibilities is exercising animals, monitoring their health and nutrition, treating wounds, sicknesses, and other ailments, and giving owners advice on how to take care of their pets better.

What does a kennel attendant do?

A kennel attendant is responsible for the daily care of boarded dogs and kennel maintenance. Some of the duties that you will perform will include cleaning cages, scheduling boarding appointments, and monitoring the behavior of these dogs. In addition, it is your responsibility to clean spilled food and animal waste and to dispose of trash on time. Other duties include walking animals if required, ensuring that the animals are always comfortable, and evacuating them when an emergency arises.

Animal care provider vs kennel attendant salary

Animal care providers and kennel attendants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Animal Care Provider	Kennel Attendant
Average salary	$24,866	$26,373
Salary range	Between $14,000 And $41,000	Between $20,000 And $34,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between animal care provider and kennel attendant education

There are a few differences between an animal care provider and a kennel attendant in terms of educational background:

	Animal Care Provider	Kennel Attendant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	High School Diploma, 37%
Most common major	Biology	Medical Assisting Services
Most common college	Stanford University	Vermont Technical College

Animal care provider vs kennel attendant demographics

Here are the differences between animal care providers' and kennel attendants' demographics:

	Animal Care Provider	Kennel Attendant
Average age	32	32
Gender ratio	Male, 25.1% Female, 74.9%	Male, 20.8% Female, 79.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.3% Unknown, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 2.6% White, 68.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 4.4% Unknown, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 2.7% White, 67.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between animal care provider and kennel attendant duties and responsibilities

Animal care provider example responsibilities.

Maintain care on the horses, pigs, goats and sheep.
Work with turtles, snakes, frogs, skunk and owl.
Fed and water horses, chickens, goats, pigs, cows and dogs.
Locate pet product merchants willing to donate food/ toys/ litter to families struggling to financially provide for their pets.
Complete physical checks and monitor patients to detect unusual or harmful behavior and report observations to professional staff.
Milk animals such as cows and goats, by hand or using milking machines.

Kennel attendant example responsibilities.

Assist in managing shelter for animals and arranging for adoption or euthanasia of confiscate animals.
Train to give dogs baths, brushing out coats, scissoring, and toenails.
Perform animal grooming duties such as washing, brushing, clipping, and trimming coats, etc.
Experience in the use of specialize equipment such as cage washers, autoclaves and animal transport vehicles.
Assist owner in preforming body clips and bathing/drying dogs and cats, preform all grooming tasks including clipper skills except scissoring.
Operate cage/bottle washers, autoclaves and bedding dispensing/disposal equipment.

Animal care provider vs kennel attendant skills

Common animal care provider skills

PET, 35%
Administer Medications, 17%
Husbandry, 9%
Animal Housing, 7%
Customer Service, 7%
Laboratory Animals, 6%

Common kennel attendant skills

PET, 39%
Animal Handling, 10%
Facility Laundry, 8%
Animal Hospital, 5%
Animal Restraint, 4%
Administer Medications, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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