Veterinary Receptionist Salary in Rhode Island

Every published Rhode Island percentile is above its national counterpart, though the advantage narrows as pay rises.

In percentage terms it is widest at the low end: the 10th percentile, $32,940, is $4,180 and 15% above the national figure.

It is 6% at the 25th percentile ($36,110), 12% at the median, and 4% at the 75th ($46,920 against $45,130).

At the 90th the gap closes entirely: $50,020 against $49,950, a 0% difference.

In dollar terms the median's $4,610 gap is the largest anywhere in the distribution.

Someone benchmarking an offer for this all-industry occupation against the national figures would find the Rhode Island floor furthest ahead and its ceiling no different.

Half of the Rhode Island workers counted earned between $36,110 and $46,920, a band $10,810 wide — slightly narrower than the national band of $11,170.

The full 10th-to-90th span is more clearly narrower, $17,080 against the national $21,190, because this distribution lifts its floor well above the national one while its ceiling sits level with it.

The median sits $6,510 above the 25th percentile and $4,300 below the 75th — in the upper half 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 Rhode Island hourly median is $20.49, against $18.27 nationally — $2.22 more, the same 12% 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 4,270 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Rhode Island, 42nd 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.

The rank sits far below the median rank of 7th: the two measure different things, how many people hold the job in the state and how the state's pay compares, and a small headcount does not drag the wage percentiles with it.

In the same release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Rhode Island have a median of $45,310 — $2,690, or 6%, more than the all-industry receptionist median on this page, or 1.1 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.