Veterinary Receptionist Salary in Michigan

Michigan crosses the national line between the 25th percentile and the median.

The 10th percentile, $29,480, is 3% above the national $28,760, and the 25th, $34,140, is 1% above the national $33,960.

The median, $37,470, sits 1% below the national $38,010, and the shortfall widens to 6% at the 75th percentile — $42,450 against $45,130, a $2,680 gap, the widest anywhere in the Michigan distribution — before easing to 3% at the 90th, $48,280 against $49,950.

Someone benchmarking an offer for this all-industry occupation would find the Michigan floor slightly generous and the upper middle short.

Half of the Michigan workers counted earned between $34,140 and $42,450, a band $8,310 wide — tighter than the national band, $33,960 to $45,130, which is $11,170 wide.

The full 10th-to-90th span is narrower too, $18,800 against $21,190 nationally.

The narrowing runs through the lower three stretches — $4,660 from the 10th to the 25th percentile against $5,200 nationally, $3,330 from the 25th to the median against $4,050, and $4,980 from the median to the 75th against $7,120, the largest narrowing of the four — while the top stretch runs the other way, $5,830 against $4,820.

The median sits $3,330 above the 25th percentile and $4,980 below the 75th, nearer the bottom of its band, much as the national median does.

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

The Michigan hourly median is $18.02, against $18.27 nationally — $0.25 less, the same 1% 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 25,230 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Michigan, 12th 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 Michigan have a median of $49,710 — $12,240, or 33%, more than the all-industry receptionist median on this page.

Hourly, the technician median is $23.90 against $18.02.

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.