Pet spending by occupation, 2024
In 2024 the average US household spent $880 on pets. By occupation, average spending ranged from $432 for Wage and salary earners: construction workers and mechanics to $1,304 for Wage and salary earners: managers and professionals.
What households spent on, 2024
| Group | All pet spending | Vet services | Pet food | Pets, supplies and medicine | Other pet services |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-employed workers | $1,092 | $368 | $337 | $268 | $119 |
| Total wage and salary earners (all) | $934 | $349 | $281 | $191 | $113 |
| Wage and salary earners: managers and professionals | $1,304 | $569 | $324 | $239 | $173 |
| Wage and salary earners: technical, sales, and clerical workers | $714 | $187 | $277 | $177 | $72 |
| Wage and salary earners: service workers | $540 | $108 | $239 | $137 | $56 |
| Wage and salary earners: construction workers and mechanics | $432 | $40 | $195 | $126 | $71 |
| Wage and salary earners: Operators, fabricators and laborers | $651 | $329 | $180 | $115 | $28 |
| Retired | $749 | $252 | $289 | $131 | $78 |
| Occupation: all other, including not reporting | $702 | $128 | $387 | $125 | $62 |
All pet spending, 2019 to 2024
| Group | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-employed workers | $1,094 | $1,594 | $608 | $965 | $1,288 | $1,092 |
| Total wage and salary earners (all) | $706 | $659 | $785 | $794 | $875 | $934 |
| Wage and salary earners: managers and professionals | $818 | $900 | $959 | $987 | $1,028 | $1,304 |
| Wage and salary earners: technical, sales, and clerical workers | $726 | $479 | $724 | $777 | $938 | $714 |
| Wage and salary earners: service workers | $503 | $400 | $724 | $542 | $606 | $540 |
| Wage and salary earners: construction workers and mechanics | $745 | $883 | $382 | $599 | $533 | $432 |
| Wage and salary earners: Operators, fabricators and laborers | $517 | $360 | $407 | $510 | $670 | $651 |
| Retired | $537 | $577 | $797 | $574 | $857 | $749 |
| Occupation: all other, including not reporting | $576 | $426 | $727 | $638 | $646 | $702 |
How to read this. Figures are BLS mean annual spending per "consumer unit", which is close to a household. Averages include households with no pets, so a pet owner typically spends more than these numbers. Groups with few survey households can swing from year to year. Rows in italics marked "(all)" combine the groups listed with them and are left out of the chart and the range.
Sources
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, calendar-year tables (mean annual spending per consumer unit)
- BLS Consumer Expenditure database, series files (download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cx)
Checked 29 October 2026.