Veterinary Receptionist Salary in Tennessee

Every published Tennessee percentile sits below its national counterpart.

In percentage terms the gap is deepest at the 25th percentile, $29,380 against $33,960 — 13% lower — while in dollars the 75th trails by the most, $39,840 against $45,130, a $5,290 shortfall.

The 10th percentile ($25,400 against $28,760) is also 12% below, and the proportional gap narrows to 8% at the median ($34,910 against $38,010) and again at the 90th ($45,980 against $49,950), though in dollars the 90th trails by $3,970, more than the 10th's $3,360.

Someone benchmarking an offer against national figures for this all-industry occupation would overstate the lower-middle of the Tennessee distribution most in percentage terms, and the 75th percentile most in dollars.

Half of the Tennessee workers counted earned between $29,380 and $39,840, a band $10,460 wide against the national band of $11,170 — narrower in dollars.

The full 10th-to-90th span, $25,400 to $45,980, is $20,580, also short of the national $21,190 in dollar terms.

The median sits $5,530 above the 25th percentile and $4,930 below the 75th.

OEWS does not publish causes, and this row counts every industry, so nothing in that shape can be read as a statement about veterinary employers.

The Tennessee hourly median is $16.79, against $18.27 nationally — $1.48 less, the same 8% gap as the annual median.

The data set carries hourly pay at the median only, so this is the figure to hold an hourly front-desk posting against.

Before comparing a posted rate with the annual percentiles, ask how many hours a week the role is scheduled.

BLS estimates 11,460 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Tennessee, 25th 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 Tennessee have a median of $42,810 — $7,900, or 23%, above the all-industry receptionist median on this page, or 1.2 times it.

Hourly, the Tennessee figures are $20.58 against $16.79.

The 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, and not a raise anyone should expect.