Animal care provider vs provider

The differences between animal care providers and providers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a provider has an average salary of $61,912, 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 provider are patients, healthcare, and patient care.

Animal care provider vs provider overview

	Animal Care Provider	Provider
Yearly salary	$24,866	$61,912
Hourly rate	$11.95	$29.77
Growth rate	28%	36%
Number of jobs	70,701	112,186
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 30%
Average age	32	48
Years of experience	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 provider do?

Health care providers are health professionals and health organizations offering health care treatment and diagnosis services. These professionals play significant roles with patients through consultation, treatment, and advice. The health care they provide is of different variations. They even perform other procedures depending on the needs of the patients. Their responsibilities include comprehensive care and specialist work. Also, they help in duties, medication, and housekeeping. They transport clients to and from errands, activities, and appointments.

Animal care provider vs provider salary

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

	Animal Care Provider	Provider
Average salary	$24,866	$61,912
Salary range	Between $14,000 And $41,000	Between $36,000 And $104,000
Highest paying City	-	Las Vegas, NV
Highest paying state	-	Nevada
Best paying company	-	UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between animal care provider and provider education

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

	Animal Care Provider	Provider
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 30%
Most common major	Biology	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	-

Animal care provider vs provider demographics

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

	Animal Care Provider	Provider
Average age	32	48
Gender ratio	Male, 25.1% Female, 74.9%	Male, 21.9% Female, 78.1%
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, 9.5% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 26.9% Asian, 7.9% White, 50.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	11%	7%

Differences between animal care provider and provider 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.

Provider example responsibilities.

Work on achieving goals with child base on yearly ISP reports.
Manage provider network to include verifying claims and benefits for healthcare providers/members and insurance companies.
Monitor vital signs and medication of patients under the direction of register nurses and physiotherapists.
Treat each resident with tender care and compassion.
Suction tracheotomy, change out tracheotomy, and provide tracheotomy CPR as needed.
Maintain appropriate certifications and licenses such as CPR, first aid, and food handlers permit.

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Animal care provider vs provider skills

Common animal care provider skills

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

Common provider skills

Patients, 27%
Healthcare, 18%
Patient Care, 14%
Mental Health, 5%
Customer Service, 5%
CPR, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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