Veterinary Receptionist Salary in Texas
Receptionists and information clerks in Texas — a federal occupation, SOC 43-4171, that covers every industry, not only veterinary practices — earned a median annual wage of $35,210 in the May 2025 estimates.
That is $2,800, or 7%, below the national median of $38,010, and 42nd of the 51 jurisdictions that publish a median.
The Texas figures sit below the national ones at every percentile, most of all at the low end, where the 10th and 25th percentiles are both 14% lower.
What these figures cover
10th percentile
$24,700
25th percentile
$29,160
75th percentile
$40,210
90th percentile
$47,380
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — Texas, SOC 43-4171 (Receptionists and Information Clerks). Retrieved 2026-09-16 from the BLS Public Data API.
How to read these figures
Texas vs. the national figures
The Texas median is below the national median by 7%. Among the 51 jurisdictions (states plus DC) where BLS publishes a Receptionists and Information Clerks (SOC 43-4171) median for May 2025, it ranks 42nd, and 2nd by estimated employment.
Differences are whole percentages, rounded half away from zero, computed from the figures shown.
Below the national figures, furthest at the low end
Every published Texas percentile is below its national counterpart.
The gap is widest at the low end: the 10th percentile, $24,700, and the 25th, $29,160, are each 14% below the national figures.
It is 7% at the median, 11% at the 75th percentile ($40,210 against $45,130), and narrowest at the 90th, where the Texas figure of $47,380 is 5% below the national $49,950.
Someone comparing a posting with national figures for this all-industry occupation would overstate the Texas floor more than its middle.
A national-width middle band over a lower floor
Half of the Texas workers counted earned between $29,160 and $40,210, a band $11,050 wide — almost the same as the national band of $11,170.
The full 10th-to-90th span is wider than the national one, $22,680 against $21,190, because the Texas floor sits further below the national floor than its ceiling does.
The median sits $6,050 above the 25th percentile and $5,000 below the 75th.
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 Texas hourly median is $16.93, against $18.27 nationally — $1.34 less, the same 7% 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 large workforce, counted across every industry
BLS estimates 78,330 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Texas, 2nd 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 Texas vet tech median
In the same release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Texas have a median of $39,410 — $4,200, or 12%, more than the all-industry receptionist median on this page.
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 Texas have a median of $39,410 ($18.95/hr) — $4,200 above the receptionists and information clerks median shown on this page. Vet tech salary in Texas →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median receptionist salary in Texas?
For receptionists and information clerks across all industries in Texas, the May 2025 BLS median annual wage is $35,210, or $16.93 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, so Texas sits 7% below it.
What do the top-paid receptionists in Texas earn?
The Texas 90th percentile is $47,380: one in ten receptionists and information clerks counted across all industries earned more.
Nationally the 90th percentile is $49,950, so Texas is $2,570, or 5%, lower — the smallest gap anywhere in the Texas distribution.
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 Texas?
In the same BLS release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Texas have a median of $39,410, which is $4,200 above the $35,210 median for receptionists and information clerks across all industries.
The technician median is 1.1 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 Texas?
BLS estimates 78,330 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Texas across all industries, 2nd 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.
More Texas Veterinary Receptionist Resources
Sources
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — Texas, 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 2026-09-23.