Veterinary Receptionist Salary in Illinois

Illinois sits above the national figures at the bottom of this all-industry distribution and slightly below them from the median up.

The 10th percentile, $31,200, is $2,440, or 8%, above the national $28,760 — the widest gap anywhere in the distribution.

The 25th percentile, $34,510, is 2% above its national counterpart, and from there the position flips: the median of $37,400 is 2% below the national $38,010, the 75th percentile of $44,260 is 2% below, and the 90th percentile of $48,350 is $1,600, or 3%, below the national $49,950.

Someone benchmarking an all-industry offer against the national figures finds the Illinois advantage at the low end, not the top.

Half of the Illinois workers counted earned between $34,510 and $44,260, a band $9,750 wide — narrower than the national band of $11,170.

The full 10th-to-90th span is narrower too: $17,150, against $21,190 nationally.

The middle band is proportionally similar — the Illinois 75th percentile is 1.3 times the 25th, the same ratio as nationally — but Illinois reaches that shape from a higher floor rather than a higher ceiling.

The median sits $2,890 above the 25th percentile and $6,860 below the 75th, lower in its band than the national median, which sits $4,050 above its own 25th and $7,120 below its 75th.

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

The Illinois hourly median is $17.98, against $18.27 nationally — $0.29 less, the same 2% gap as the annual median.

The data set carries hourly pay at the median only, so that 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 40,370 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Illinois, 6th 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.

In the same release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Illinois have a median of $46,440 — $9,040, or 24%, more than the all-industry receptionist median on this page.

The technician median is 1.2 times the receptionist figure.

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.