Veterinary Receptionist Salary in Delaware

Delaware sits above the national figures at exactly one point: the 10th percentile, $31,200, is $2,440, or 8%, above the national $28,760.

Everywhere above that, Delaware is behind.

The 25th percentile, $32,790, is 3% below the national figure; the median, $36,310, is $1,700, or 4%, below $38,010; the 75th percentile, $42,560, is $2,570, or 6%, below $45,130 — the widest gap in the distribution; and the 90th percentile, $47,610, is $2,340, or 5%, below $49,950.

Someone comparing a posting with national figures for this all-industry occupation should expect those figures to overstate the middle and the ceiling — but not the floor, where Delaware runs ahead.

Half of the Delaware workers counted earned between $32,790 and $42,560, a band $9,770 wide — narrower than the national band of $11,170.

The full 10th-to-90th span is $16,410, against $21,190 nationally, because Delaware pairs a higher floor with a lower ceiling.

The median sits $3,520 above the 25th percentile and $6,250 below the 75th, so it falls in the lower half of the band.

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

The Delaware hourly median is $17.46, against $18.27 nationally — $0.81 less, the same 4% 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 2,880 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Delaware, 45th among the 51 jurisdictions that publish an employment estimate.

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 Delaware have a median of $48,370 — $12,060, or 33%, 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.