Veterinary Receptionist Salary in Alabama
Receptionists and information clerks in Alabama — a federal occupation, SOC 43-4171, that covers every industry, not only veterinary practices — earned a median annual wage of $32,590 in the May 2025 estimates.
That is $5,420, or 14%, below the national median of $38,010, and 49th of the 51 jurisdictions that publish a median.
Every Alabama percentile sits below its national counterpart, most of all the 10th, 21% lower, and the middle band is narrower than the nation's.
What these figures cover
10th percentile
$22,830
25th percentile
$28,120
75th percentile
$36,660
90th percentile
$40,730
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — Alabama, SOC 43-4171 (Receptionists and Information Clerks). Retrieved 2026-09-16 from the BLS Public Data API.
How to read these figures
Alabama vs. the national figures
The Alabama median is below the national median by 14%. Among the 51 jurisdictions (states plus DC) where BLS publishes a Receptionists and Information Clerks (SOC 43-4171) median for May 2025, it ranks 49th, and 30th by estimated employment.
Differences are whole percentages, rounded half away from zero, computed from the figures shown.
Below the national figures at every percentile
Every published Alabama percentile sits below its national counterpart.
The gap is widest at the floor: the 10th percentile, $22,830, is $5,930, or 21%, below the national $28,760, and the 25th, $28,120, is 17% below.
It narrows to 14% at the median ($32,590 against $38,010) — the smallest gap among the annual percentiles — then widens again to 19% at the 75th percentile ($36,660 against $45,130) and 18% at the 90th, where the state's $40,730 trails the national $49,950.
Someone benchmarking an Alabama posting against national figures for this all-industry occupation would overstate the floor more than the middle.
A narrower band than the nation's
Half of Alabama's receptionists and information clerks earned between $28,120 and $36,660, a band $8,540 wide against a national band of $11,170.
The full 10th-to-90th span is $17,900, also narrower than the national $21,190.
The median sits $4,470 above the 25th percentile and $4,070 below the 75th, close to the middle of the band.
OEWS publishes no causes, and this row counts every industry, so the compressed shape cannot be read as anything about veterinary employers.
Reading an hourly posting against the figures
The Alabama hourly median is $15.67, against $18.27 nationally — $2.60 less an hour, the same 14% gap as the annual median.
The data set carries hourly pay at the median only, so the hourly median is the figure to hold an hourly posting against.
Before comparing a posted rate with the annual percentiles, ask how many hours a week the role is scheduled.
A mid-sized workforce, counted across every industry
BLS estimates 10,460 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Alabama, 30th among the 51 jurisdictions.
That is a count across every industry — hotels, offices, clinics and every other employer — so it says nothing about how many work in veterinary settings, and it is a headcount of people in jobs, not a count of openings.
Against the Alabama vet tech median
In the same release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Alabama have a median of $36,590 — $4,000, or 12%, more than the all-industry receptionist median on this page.
That comparison sets a veterinary occupation against an all-industry one, so it is context for someone weighing a move into technician work, not a measure of what a veterinary front desk pays.
Same release, same state: veterinary technologists and technicians (SOC 29-2056) in Alabama have a median of $36,590 ($17.59/hr) — $4,000 above the receptionists and information clerks median shown on this page. Vet tech salary in Alabama →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median receptionist salary in Alabama?
For receptionists and information clerks across all industries in Alabama, the May 2025 BLS median annual wage is $32,590, or $15.67 an hour.
No federal wage series isolates veterinary receptionists, so this figure is not veterinary-specific.
The national median for the same occupation is $38,010, so Alabama sits 14% below it.
What do the top-paid receptionists in Alabama earn?
The Alabama 90th percentile is $40,730: one in ten receptionists and information clerks counted across all industries earned more.
Nationally the 90th percentile is $49,950, so Alabama is $9,220, or 18%, lower.
It is an all-industry figure, so it is not a ceiling for veterinary front-desk pay specifically.
How does this all-industry figure compare with vet tech pay in Alabama?
In the same BLS release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Alabama have a median of $36,590, which is $4,000 above the $32,590 median for receptionists and information clerks across all industries.
The technician median is 1.1 times the receptionist figure.
The two rows describe different occupations, and only one of them is veterinary-specific, so treat the gap as context for a career decision rather than a promised raise.
How many receptionists work in Alabama?
BLS estimates 10,460 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Alabama across all industries, 30th among the 51 jurisdictions.
The estimate does not say how many of them work in veterinary settings — BLS publishes no state figure for that.
It is a headcount of people in jobs during the survey period, not a count of vacancies.
What does the low end of the Alabama distribution look like?
The Alabama 10th percentile is $22,830 — $5,930 below the national 10th percentile of $28,760, the widest gap in the distribution at 21%.
The figures cover receptionists and information clerks across all industries, so they are not specific to any employer type.
One in ten workers counted in Alabama earned less than $22,830.
More Alabama Veterinary Receptionist Resources
Sources
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — Alabama, SOC 43-4171 Receptionists and Information Clerks (all industries), and SOC 29-2056 for the technician comparison (BLS Public Data API) (retrieved 2026-09-16)
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025 national estimates — SOC 43-4171 percentiles (via O*NET OnLine) (retrieved 2026-08-15)
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025 national estimates — SOC 43-4171 hourly median (BLS Public Data API) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
Wage figures: BLS OEWS May 2025 state and national estimates, SOC 43-4171, retrieved 2026-09-16. Page last updated 2026-09-24.