Veterinary Receptionist Salary in New York

Every published New York percentile is above its national counterpart.

In percentage terms the gap is widest at the low end: the 10th percentile, $34,740, is $5,980 and 21% above the national figure.

It is 10% at the 25th percentile ($37,470), 13% at the median, and narrowest at the 75th, where the New York figure of $49,080 is $3,950 and 9% above the national $45,130.

The 90th percentile, $59,140, is 18% above the national $49,950 — and in dollar terms its $9,190 gap is the largest anywhere in the distribution, while the smallest dollar gap sits at the 25th percentile, $3,510.

Benchmarking an offer for this all-industry occupation against national figures, the New York floor is furthest ahead proportionally and the ceiling furthest ahead in dollars.

Half of the New York workers counted earned between $37,470 and $49,080, a band $11,610 wide — a little wider than the national band of $11,170.

The full 10th-to-90th span is wider still, $24,400 against the national $21,190, and the widening is not confined to one part of the distribution.

Quarter by quarter against national: the bottom quarter is narrower, $2,730 against $5,200; the second quarter is wider, $5,610 against $4,050; the third quarter is narrower, $6,000 against $7,120; and the top quarter is much wider, $10,060 against $4,820.

The median sits $5,610 above the 25th percentile and $6,000 below the 75th — close to the middle of the band.

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

The New York hourly median is $20.71, against $18.27 nationally — $2.44 more, the same 13% 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 65,010 receptionists and information clerks were employed in New York, 3rd 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 New York have a median of $59,010 — $15,930, or 37%, more than the all-industry receptionist median on this page, or 1.4 times the 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.