Starting salary for general medical doctor in Ohio - 160-260k Starting salary for veterinarian in Ohio - 58-150k … do you see the disconnect. Most people have some form of medical insurance, they are not accustomed to paying for medical care completely out of pocket. Veterinarians have the same amount of schooling, same amount of overhead, and same medical standards. When you compare the our costs to human medicine, we are pennies! Most veterinarians that I know work insanely hard to keep costs