Veterinary Receptionist Salary in Kansas
Receptionists and information clerks in Kansas — a federal occupation, SOC 43-4171, that covers every industry, not only veterinary practices — earned a median annual wage of $36,050 in the May 2025 estimates.
That is $1,960, or 5%, below the national median of $38,010, and 37th of the 51 jurisdictions that publish a median.
The distribution is compressed: Kansas sits below the national figures at every percentile, and the gap is widest in the upper middle, where the 75th percentile falls 12% short.
What these figures cover
10th percentile
$27,390
25th percentile
$31,210
75th percentile
$39,520
90th percentile
$45,690
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — Kansas, SOC 43-4171 (Receptionists and Information Clerks). Retrieved 2026-09-16 from the BLS Public Data API.
How to read these figures
Kansas vs. the national figures
The Kansas median is below the national median by 5%. Among the 51 jurisdictions (states plus DC) where BLS publishes a Receptionists and Information Clerks (SOC 43-4171) median for May 2025, it ranks 37th, and 33rd by estimated employment.
Differences are whole percentages, rounded half away from zero, computed from the figures shown.
Below the national figures at every percentile, widest in the upper middle
Kansas sits below its national counterpart at every published percentile, but not by the same amount.
The 10th percentile, $27,390, is 5% below the national $28,760, and the median, $36,050, is 5% below the national $38,010.
The gap widens above the middle: the 75th percentile, $39,520, sits 12% below the national $45,130 — the widest gap anywhere in the Kansas distribution — before easing to 9% at the 90th, $45,690 against $49,950.
Someone benchmarking an offer for this all-industry occupation against the national figures would find the floor close and the upper middle well short.
A tighter distribution than the national one
Half of the Kansas workers counted earned between $31,210 and $39,520, a band $8,310 wide — well short of the national band, $33,960 to $45,130, which is $11,170 wide.
The full 10th-to-90th span is narrower too, $18,300 against $21,190 nationally.
The median sits $4,840 above the 25th percentile and $3,470 below the 75th, nearer the top of its band than the bottom.
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 Kansas hourly median is $17.33, against $18.27 nationally — $0.94 less, the same 5% 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 mid-sized workforce, counted across every industry
BLS estimates 7,290 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Kansas, 33rd 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 Kansas vet tech median
In the same release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Kansas have a median of $45,810 — $9,760, or 27%, 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 Kansas have a median of $45,810 ($22.02/hr) — $9,760 above the receptionists and information clerks median shown on this page. Vet tech salary in Kansas →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median receptionist salary in Kansas?
For receptionists and information clerks across all industries in Kansas, the May 2025 BLS median annual wage is $36,050, or $17.33 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 Kansas sits 5% below it.
What do the top-paid receptionists in Kansas earn?
The Kansas 90th percentile is $45,690: one in ten receptionists and information clerks counted across all industries earned more.
Nationally the 90th percentile is $49,950, so Kansas is $4,260, or 9%, lower.
It is an all-industry figure, so it is not a ceiling for veterinary front-desk pay specifically.
What do most receptionists in Kansas earn?
The middle half of Kansas's receptionists and information clerks earned between $31,210 and $39,520.
That band is narrower than the national one, $33,960 to $45,130: the Kansas 25th percentile is 8% below the national figure, and the 75th is 12% below — the widest gap in the Kansas distribution.
These are all-industry figures covering every employer.
How does this all-industry figure compare with vet tech pay in Kansas?
In the same BLS release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Kansas have a median of $45,810, which is $9,760 above the $36,050 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 Kansas?
BLS estimates 7,290 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Kansas across all industries, 33rd 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 Kansas Veterinary Receptionist Resources
Sources
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — Kansas, 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.