Veterinary Receptionist Salary in Missouri

Missouri's distribution sits in an unusual place against the national one.

The 10th percentile, $29,230, is 2% above the national floor of $28,760 — the only percentile where the state is ahead.

From the 25th percentile up, every figure falls below its national counterpart: the 25th, $31,600, is $2,360 or 7% lower; the median, $35,740 against $38,010, is $2,270 or 6% lower; the 75th, $39,590 against $45,130, is $5,540 or 12% lower, the widest gap in the distribution; and the 90th, $46,660 against $49,950, is $3,290 or 7% lower.

Someone benchmarking an offer against national figures for this all-industry occupation would overstate the middle and upper middle, and slightly understate the floor.

Half of the Missouri workers counted earned between $31,600 and $39,590, a band $7,990 wide, against a national band of $11,170.

The full 10th-to-90th span is shorter too, $17,430 against $21,190 — most of that compression comes from the top of the range: the 90th percentile sits $3,290 below the national one, while the higher floor accounts for only a small part.

The median sits $4,140 above the 25th percentile and $3,850 below the 75th.

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

The Missouri hourly median is $17.18, against $18.27 nationally — $1.09 less, the same 6% 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 18,890 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Missouri, 17th 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 Missouri have a median of $43,520 — $7,780, or 22%, more than the all-industry receptionist median on this page.

Hourly, the technician median is $20.92 against $17.18 for receptionists and information clerks.

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.