Veterinary Receptionist Salary in Florida
Receptionists and information clerks in Florida — a federal occupation, SOC 43-4171, that covers every industry, not only veterinary practices — earned a median annual wage of $36,810 in the May 2025 estimates.
That is $1,200, or 3%, below the national median of $38,010, and 31st of the 51 jurisdictions that publish a median.
The floor is the exception in this distribution: the 10th percentile, $28,850, sits level with the national one, and the shortfall widens as pay rises, reaching 8% at the 75th percentile.
What these figures cover
10th percentile
$28,850
25th percentile
$32,730
75th percentile
$41,590
90th percentile
$46,480
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — Florida, SOC 43-4171 (Receptionists and Information Clerks). Retrieved 2026-09-16 from the BLS Public Data API.
How to read these figures
Florida vs. the national figures
The Florida median is below the national median by 3%. Among the 51 jurisdictions (states plus DC) where BLS publishes a Receptionists and Information Clerks (SOC 43-4171) median for May 2025, it ranks 31st, and 4th by estimated employment.
Differences are whole percentages, rounded half away from zero, computed from the figures shown.
Level with the nation at the floor, short of it in the upper half
The Florida figures track the national ones at the floor and fall away above the middle.
The 10th percentile, $28,850, is essentially level with the national $28,760.
From there the gap opens: the 25th percentile, $32,730, is 4% below the national $33,960, and the median is 3% below.
The shortfall is widest in the upper half — the 75th percentile, $41,590, sits 8% below the national $45,130, and the 90th, $46,480, is 7% below the national $49,950.
Someone benchmarking an offer for this all-industry occupation against the national figures would find the middle close and the upper half well short.
A narrower middle band than the national one
Half of the Florida workers counted earned between $32,730 and $41,590, a band $8,860 wide — the national band, $33,960 to $45,130, is $11,170 wide.
The full 10th-to-90th span is narrower too, $17,630 against $21,190 nationally, because the Florida ceiling sits further below the national ceiling than its floor does.
The median sits $4,080 above the 25th percentile and $4,780 below the 75th, close to the middle of its band.
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 Florida hourly median is $17.70, against $18.27 nationally — $0.57 less, the same 3% 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 large workforce, counted across every industry
BLS estimates 63,280 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Florida, 4th 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 Florida vet tech median
In the same release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Florida have a median of $46,380 — $9,570, or 26%, 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 Florida have a median of $46,380 ($22.30/hr) — $9,570 above the receptionists and information clerks median shown on this page. Vet tech salary in Florida →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median receptionist salary in Florida?
For receptionists and information clerks across all industries in Florida, the May 2025 BLS median annual wage is $36,810, or $17.70 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 Florida sits 3% below it.
What do the top-paid receptionists in Florida earn?
The Florida 90th percentile is $46,480: one in ten receptionists and information clerks counted across all industries earned more.
Nationally the 90th percentile is $49,950, so Florida is $3,470, or 7%, 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 Florida?
In the same BLS release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Florida have a median of $46,380, which is $9,570 above the $36,810 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 Florida?
BLS estimates 63,280 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Florida across all industries, 4th 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.
More Florida Veterinary Receptionist Resources
Sources
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — Florida, 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.