Cost of owning a dog by state

Ranked by the price of services (vet, groomer, kennel), from the BEA's 2024 Regional Price Parities. The yearly figure is for a 37 lb medium dog on standard kibble with insurance.

#	State	Services level	Medium dog / yr
01	New York	104.1	$2,716
02	New Hampshire	103.9	$2,712
03	Washington	103.9	$2,712
04	New Jersey	103.5	$2,708
05	Maine	103.2	$2,703
06	District of Columbia	103.0	$2,700
07	Hawaii	102.9	$2,698
08	Massachusetts	102.9	$2,698
09	Rhode Island	102.8	$2,698
10	Arizona	102.8	$2,697
11	Connecticut	102.7	$2,695
12	California	102.6	$2,694
13	Alaska	102.2	$2,688
14	Maryland	101.6	$2,679
15	Vermont	101.6	$2,679
16	Florida	101.3	$2,675
17	Delaware	101.2	$2,674
18	Michigan	100.9	$2,670
19	Wyoming	100.4	$2,662
20	Oregon	100.3	$2,660
21	Virginia	100.2	$2,660
22	Minnesota	100.2	$2,660
23	Illinois	100.2	$2,658
24	West Virginia	99.9	$2,655
25	Pennsylvania	99.8	$2,652
26	Colorado	99.6	$2,651
27	Wisconsin	99.5	$2,648
28	Indiana	99.1	$2,643
29	Idaho	99.0	$2,642
30	Utah	99.0	$2,641
31	Ohio	98.9	$2,641
32	Nevada	98.7	$2,637
33	Montana	98.7	$2,637
34	New Mexico	98.5	$2,634
35	South Carolina	98.3	$2,630
36	North Carolina	98.2	$2,629
37	Georgia	97.3	$2,616
38	Kentucky	97.3	$2,615
39	Texas	97.1	$2,614
40	Alabama	96.7	$2,607
41	Mississippi	96.1	$2,598
42	Louisiana	95.7	$2,592
43	Oklahoma	95.5	$2,589
44	Arkansas	95.3	$2,587
45	Missouri	95.2	$2,585
46	Tennessee	95.1	$2,584
47	Kansas	93.8	$2,564
48	Nebraska	93.0	$2,552
49	Iowa	92.9	$2,552
50	South Dakota	91.9	$2,536
51	North Dakota	91.2	$2,526

The spread here is the price of services where you live, not of dogs. If the gap between the top and the bottom of this table is making you think about where you live rather than which dog to get, CostTrek compares the cost of living between cities — rent, groceries and the salary it takes to keep the same life.