Veterinary Receptionist Salary in Connecticut
Receptionists and information clerks in Connecticut — a federal occupation, SOC 43-4171, that covers every industry, not only veterinary practices — earned a median annual wage of $40,630 in the May 2025 estimates.
That is $2,620, or 7%, above the national median of $38,010, and 14th of the 51 jurisdictions that publish a median.
Every Connecticut percentile sits above its national counterpart, most of all the 10th, 19% higher, while the middle band is slightly narrower than the nation's.
What these figures cover
10th percentile
$34,120
25th percentile
$36,250
75th percentile
$47,160
90th percentile
$54,170
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — Connecticut, SOC 43-4171 (Receptionists and Information Clerks). Retrieved 2026-09-16 from the BLS Public Data API.
How to read these figures
Connecticut vs. the national figures
The Connecticut median is above the national median by 7%. Among the 51 jurisdictions (states plus DC) where BLS publishes a Receptionists and Information Clerks (SOC 43-4171) median for May 2025, it ranks 14th, and 20th by estimated employment.
Differences are whole percentages, rounded half away from zero, computed from the figures shown.
Above the national figures at every percentile
Every published Connecticut percentile sits above its national counterpart.
The premium is widest at the floor: the 10th percentile, $34,120, is $5,360, or 19%, above the national $28,760.
It narrows to 7% at the 25th percentile ($36,250 against $33,960) and at the median ($40,630 against $38,010), and is smallest at the 75th, where the state's $47,160 is $2,030, or 4%, above the national $45,130.
The 90th percentile, $54,170, sits $4,220, or 8%, above the national $49,950.
Someone benchmarking a Connecticut posting against national figures for this all-industry occupation would understate the floor more than the middle.
A slightly narrower band than the nation's
Half of Connecticut's receptionists and information clerks earned between $36,250 and $47,160, a band $10,910 wide against a national band of $11,170.
The full 10th-to-90th span is $20,050, also a little narrower than the national $21,190.
The median sits $4,380 above the 25th percentile and $6,530 below the 75th, below the midpoint of the band just as the national median sits within its own.
OEWS publishes no causes, and this row counts every industry, so the shape cannot be read as anything about veterinary employers.
Reading an hourly posting against the figures
The Connecticut hourly median is $19.53, against $18.27 nationally — $1.26 more an hour, the same 7% 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 workforce counted across every industry
BLS estimates 14,980 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Connecticut, 20th 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 Connecticut vet tech median
In the same release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Connecticut have a median of $50,950 — $10,320, or 25%, 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 Connecticut have a median of $50,950 ($24.49/hr) — $10,320 above the receptionists and information clerks median shown on this page. Vet tech salary in Connecticut →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median receptionist salary in Connecticut?
For receptionists and information clerks across all industries in Connecticut, the May 2025 BLS median annual wage is $40,630, or $19.53 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 Connecticut sits 7% above it.
What do the top-paid receptionists in Connecticut earn?
The Connecticut 90th percentile is $54,170: one in ten receptionists and information clerks counted across all industries earned more.
Nationally the 90th percentile is $49,950, so Connecticut is $4,220, or 8%, higher.
It is an all-industry figure, so it is not a ceiling for veterinary front-desk pay specifically.
What does the low end of the Connecticut distribution look like?
The Connecticut 10th percentile is $34,120 — $5,360 above the national 10th percentile of $28,760, the widest gap in the distribution at 19%.
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 Connecticut earned less than $34,120.
How does this all-industry figure compare with vet tech pay in Connecticut?
In the same BLS release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Connecticut have a median of $50,950, which is $10,320 above the $40,630 median for receptionists and information clerks across all industries.
The technician median is 1.3 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 Connecticut?
BLS estimates 14,980 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Connecticut across all industries, 20th 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.
More Connecticut Veterinary Receptionist Resources
Sources
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — Connecticut, 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.