Veterinary Receptionist Salary in Colorado

Every published Colorado percentile sits above its national counterpart, and the lead does not narrow evenly.

It is widest at the 10th percentile — $33,200 against $28,760, 15% higher — then 8% at the 25th ($36,510 against $33,960), back up to 11% at the median ($42,010 against $38,010), then 4% at the 75th ($46,860 against $45,130) and 3% at the 90th ($51,490 against $49,950).

National figures for this all-industry occupation understate the Colorado floor by more than they understate its ceiling.

Half of the Colorado workers counted earned between $36,510 and $46,860, a band $10,350 wide, against the national band of $11,170.

The 10th-to-90th span is $18,290, against $21,190 nationally, and the narrowing is not confined to one end: the 10th-to-25th stretch is $3,310 in Colorado against $5,200 nationally, and the median-to-75th stretch narrows most, $4,850 against $7,120, while the 25th-to-median stretch runs wider in Colorado, $5,500 against $4,050, and the top stretch is nearly unchanged ($4,630 against $4,820).

That wider lower-middle half is why the Colorado median sits above the middle of its band — $5,500 up from the 25th percentile, $4,850 down to the 75th — where the national median sits $4,050 above its 25th and $7,120 below its 75th.

OEWS does not publish causes, and this row counts every industry, so the shape cannot be read as anything about veterinary employers.

The Colorado hourly median is $20.20, against $18.27 nationally — $1.93 more, the same 11% 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.

BLS estimates 11,020 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Colorado, 27th among the 51 jurisdictions that publish a median.

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.

In the same release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Colorado have a median of $49,650 — $7,640, or 18%, 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, and not a raise anyone should expect.