Veterinary Receptionist Salary in New Mexico
Receptionists and information clerks in New Mexico — a federal occupation, SOC 43-4171, that covers every industry, not only veterinary practices — earned a median annual wage of $35,140 in the May 2025 estimates.
That is $2,870, or 8%, below the national median of $38,010, and 43rd of the 51 jurisdictions that publish a median.
The state's distribution is tighter than the national one, squeezed hardest between the median and the 75th percentile.
What these figures cover
10th percentile
$26,970
25th percentile
$29,910
75th percentile
$38,240
90th percentile
$44,210
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — New Mexico, SOC 43-4171 (Receptionists and Information Clerks). Retrieved 2026-09-16 from the BLS Public Data API.
How to read these figures
New Mexico vs. the national figures
The New Mexico median is below the national median by 8%. Among the 51 jurisdictions (states plus DC) where BLS publishes a Receptionists and Information Clerks (SOC 43-4171) median for May 2025, it ranks 43rd, and 37th by estimated employment.
Differences are whole percentages, rounded half away from zero, computed from the figures shown.
Below the national figures, closest at the floor
Every published New Mexico percentile sits below its national counterpart, but the gaps are not uniform.
The floor is closest: the 10th percentile, $26,970, is $1,790, or 6%, below the national $28,760.
The gap runs 12% at the 25th percentile ($29,910 against $33,960) and 8% at the median, and is widest at the 75th, where New Mexico's $38,240 is $6,890, or 15%, below the national $45,130.
At the 90th percentile it narrows to $5,740, or 11%.
Someone benchmarking an offer against national figures for this all-industry occupation would overstate the upper middle of the New Mexico range most.
A narrow band, compressed above the median
Half of the New Mexico workers counted earned between $29,910 and $38,240, a band $8,330 wide against a national band of $11,170.
Nearly all of that compression sits above the middle: the step from the median to the 75th percentile is $3,100 in New Mexico against $7,120 nationally, while the step from the 25th percentile to the median, $5,230, is wider than the national step of $4,050.
The median therefore sits in the upper half of the band.
The full 10th-to-90th span is $17,240 against $21,190 nationally, though the final step from the 75th percentile to the 90th, $5,970, is wider than the national step of $4,820.
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 New Mexico hourly median is $16.89, against $18.27 nationally — $1.38 less, the same 8% 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 modest workforce, counted across every industry
BLS estimates 5,650 receptionists and information clerks were employed in New Mexico, 37th 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 New Mexico vet tech median
In the same release, veterinary technologists and technicians in New Mexico have a median of $44,790 — $9,650, or 27%, more than the all-industry receptionist median on this page, or 1.3 times it.
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 New Mexico have a median of $44,790 ($21.53/hr) — $9,650 above the receptionists and information clerks median shown on this page. Vet tech salary in New Mexico →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median receptionist salary in New Mexico?
For receptionists and information clerks across all industries in New Mexico, the May 2025 BLS median annual wage is $35,140, or $16.89 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, putting New Mexico 8% below it.
What do the top-paid receptionists in New Mexico earn?
The New Mexico 90th percentile is $44,210: one in ten receptionists and information clerks counted across all industries earned more.
Nationally the 90th percentile is $49,950, so New Mexico is $5,740, or 11%, lower.
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 New Mexico?
In the same BLS release, veterinary technologists and technicians in New Mexico have a median of $44,790, which is $9,650 above the $35,140 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 New Mexico?
BLS estimates 5,650 receptionists and information clerks were employed in New Mexico across all industries, 37th 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.
What does the low end of receptionist pay in New Mexico look like?
The 10th percentile for receptionists and information clerks across all industries in New Mexico is $26,970 — the point in the state's distribution closest to the national figure of $28,760, just $1,790 or 6% below it.
A percentile is a position in the state's distribution, not a job title or an experience level.
More New Mexico Veterinary Receptionist Resources
Sources
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — New Mexico, 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.