Veterinary Receptionist Salary in Idaho
Receptionists and information clerks in Idaho — 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.
Idaho trails the national figures at every percentile, least of all at the floor — 1% at the 10th — and most of all at the top, 6% at the 75th and 90th.
What these figures cover
10th percentile
$28,500
25th percentile
$32,210
75th percentile
$42,520
90th percentile
$47,100
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — Idaho, SOC 43-4171 (Receptionists and Information Clerks). Retrieved 2026-09-16 from the BLS Public Data API.
How to read these figures
Idaho vs. the national figures
The Idaho 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 39th by estimated employment.
Differences are whole percentages, rounded half away from zero, computed from the figures shown.
Below the national figures at every percentile, least at the floor
Idaho sits below the national figures at every percentile, but not by a uniform amount.
The gap is smallest at the floor: the 10th percentile, $28,500, is 1% below the national $28,760.
It widens to 5% at the 25th percentile ($32,210 against $33,960), narrows to 3% at the median ($36,810 against $38,010), and is widest at the top, where the 75th percentile, $42,520, and the 90th, $47,100, are each 6% below their national counterparts ($45,130 and $49,950).
Against national figures, the Idaho floor is a close match and the ceiling is the furthest off.
A band and a span both narrower than the national ones
Half of the Idaho workers counted earned between $32,210 and $42,520, a band $10,310 wide — narrower than the national band of $11,170.
The 10th-to-90th span is narrower too: $18,600, against $21,190 nationally.
Much of the narrowing sits in the tails: the stretch from the 10th to the 25th percentile is $3,710 in Idaho against $5,200 nationally, and the stretch above the 75th percentile is $4,580 against $4,820.
In the middle, the median-to-75th stretch narrows as well, $5,710 against $7,120, while the stretch from the 25th percentile to the median runs wider, $4,600 against $4,050.
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 Idaho 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 smaller workforce, counted across every industry
BLS estimates 5,340 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Idaho, 39th 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.
Against the Idaho vet tech median
In the same release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Idaho have a median of $42,120 — $5,310, or 14%, 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 Idaho have a median of $42,120 ($20.25/hr) — $5,310 above the receptionists and information clerks median shown on this page. Vet tech salary in Idaho →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median receptionist salary in Idaho?
For receptionists and information clerks across all industries in Idaho, 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 Idaho sits 3% below it.
What do the top-paid receptionists in Idaho earn?
The Idaho 90th percentile is $47,100: one in ten receptionists and information clerks counted across all industries earned more.
Nationally the 90th percentile is $49,950, so Idaho is $2,850, or 6%, lower — the same 6% gap as the 75th percentile, the largest in the Idaho distribution.
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 Idaho?
In the same BLS release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Idaho have a median of $42,120, which is $5,310 above the $36,810 median for receptionists and information clerks across all industries.
That is a 14% gap measured on the receptionist median, and the technician figure is 1.1 times it.
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 Idaho?
BLS estimates 5,340 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Idaho across all industries, 39th among the 51 jurisdictions that publish an employment estimate.
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 Idaho Veterinary Receptionist Resources
Sources
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — Idaho, 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.