WHEN I GROW UPDREW

VETERINARIAN

• I am not exactly sure what I want to be when I grow up, but I think I would enjoy being a veterinarian.

• I love animals and I like to help out others. I think having these characteristics would be helpful in the job of a veterinarian.

• A veterinarian takes care of animals. They are like doctors, but for animals. They help make sure animals are healthy.

PROS AND CONS

• Some of the pros to being a veterinarian include: a good salary, the opportunity to help animals, and to help people feel good because you helped out their animal.

• One of the cons to being a veterinarian is that I would have to go to school for a very long time!

• To be a veterinarian requires 4 years of college and 4 years of veterinarian school.

SALARY AND STATISTICS

• The average salary for a veterinarian is $84,000 per year.

• The lower end of the salary range is $70,000 per year.

• The higher end of the salary range is $144,000 per year.

• There are about 70,300 veterinarian jobs in the U.S. right now.

• The future job growth for a veterinarian is 12%.

WHY DO I NEED MATH

• Being a veterinarian requires various math skills.

• One of the main uses of math for a veterinarian is figuring doses. Medication doses are determined by an animal’s weight.

• Veterinarians have to be able to use formulas to figure how much medicine to give to an animal based on how much it weighs.

MONTHLY BUDGET

• I depend on God to guide me in making decisions in my life, and I know that He already knows what He made me to do. So, my budget includes giving some of my salary to my church.

• My monthly budget is based off of an $84,ooo per year salary, which equals a:

• $7,000 monthly budget

• $700 tithe

• $700 savings

• $1,150 housing

• $350 transportation

• $1,050 food

• $1,400 utilities

• $350 clothing

• $350 personal expenses

• $210 entertainment

• $140 miscellaneous

ZERO BUDGET

• The budget that I just shared is a zero budget. I have no money left after paying all of my budget expenses.

BUDGET PIE CHART

Budget

Tithe Savings Housing Transp. Food Utilities Clothes Personal Entertain misc.