Veterinary Receptionist Salary in Arizona
Receptionists and information clerks in Arizona — a federal occupation, SOC 43-4171, that covers every industry, not only veterinary practices — earned a median annual wage of $38,730 in the May 2025 estimates.
That is 2% above the national median of $38,010, and 16th of the 51 jurisdictions that publish a median.
Arizona's distribution is compressed against the national one: the 10th percentile sits 12% higher, while the 90th sits 4% lower.
What these figures cover
10th percentile
$32,130
25th percentile
$35,530
75th percentile
$44,670
90th percentile
$47,930
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — Arizona, SOC 43-4171 (Receptionists and Information Clerks). Retrieved 2026-09-16 from the BLS Public Data API.
How to read these figures
Arizona vs. the national figures
The Arizona median is above the national median by 2%. Among the 51 jurisdictions (states plus DC) where BLS publishes a Receptionists and Information Clerks (SOC 43-4171) median for May 2025, it ranks 16th, and 14th by estimated employment.
Differences are whole percentages, rounded half away from zero, computed from the figures shown.
Above the national figures at the floor, below at the ceiling
Arizona's published percentiles start above the national ones and end below them.
The 10th percentile, $32,130 against $28,760 nationally, is 12% higher, and the 25th, $35,530 against $33,960, is 5% higher.
The median is 2% above the national median of $38,010.
The advantage is gone by the 75th percentile, $44,670 against $45,130, 1% lower, and at the 90th the Arizona figure of $47,930 sits 4% below the national $49,950.
Someone benchmarking an offer against national figures for this all-industry occupation would understate the Arizona floor and overstate its ceiling.
A narrower band than the nation's
Half of the Arizona workers counted earned between $35,530 and $44,670, a band $9,140 wide — noticeably narrower than the national band of $11,170.
The full 10th-to-90th span is $15,800, against $21,190 nationally.
The median sits $3,200 above the 25th percentile and $5,940 below the 75th, so the middle of the Arizona distribution is pulled inward at both edges rather than shifted.
OEWS does not publish causes, and this row counts every industry, so the shape cannot be read as anything about veterinary employers.
Holding an hourly front-desk posting against these figures
The Arizona hourly median is $18.62, against $18.27 nationally — $0.35 more, the same 2% gap as the annual median.
The data set carries hourly pay at the median only, so it 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 23,220 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Arizona, 14th 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 Arizona vet tech median
In the same release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Arizona have a median of $46,300 — $7,570, or 20%, 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 Arizona have a median of $46,300 ($22.26/hr) — $7,570 above the receptionists and information clerks median shown on this page. Vet tech salary in Arizona →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median receptionist salary in Arizona?
For receptionists and information clerks across all industries in Arizona, the May 2025 BLS median annual wage is $38,730, or $18.62 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 Arizona sits 2% above it.
What do the top-paid receptionists in Arizona earn?
The Arizona 90th percentile is $47,930: one in ten receptionists and information clerks counted across all industries earned more.
Nationally the 90th percentile is $49,950, so Arizona is $2,020, or 4%, lower — the largest shortfall in the Arizona distribution, at the top of the range.
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 Arizona?
In the same BLS release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Arizona have a median of $46,300, which is $7,570 above the $38,730 median for receptionists and information clerks across all industries.
The technician median is 1.2 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 Arizona?
BLS estimates 23,220 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Arizona across all industries, 14th among the 51 jurisdictions that publish a median.
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 receptionist pay in Arizona look like?
The 10th percentile for receptionists and information clerks across all industries in Arizona is $32,130 — 12% above the national figure of $28,760.
The 25th percentile is $35,530, 5% above the national $33,960.
Even the bottom of this all-industry distribution starts above the national floor, though the figures span every employer type.
More Arizona Veterinary Receptionist Resources
Sources
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — Arizona, 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.