Veterinary Receptionist Salary in Utah

Every published Utah percentile sits below its national counterpart, but the shape of the gap changes along the distribution.

The floor and the middle track the national figures most closely: the 10th percentile, $27,870, and the median, $36,960, are each 3% below their national values.

The widest percentage shortfall is in the lower middle, at the 25th percentile — $31,750 against $33,960, 7% below.

The 75th percentile, $42,630, is 6% below.

In dollar terms the shortfall is largest at the top: the Utah 90th percentile of $47,210 is $2,740 under the national $49,950.

Someone benchmarking a high-end offer should compare it with the Utah 90th percentile itself, $47,210, rather than the national one.

Half of the Utah workers counted earned between $31,750 and $42,630, a band $10,880 wide against a national band of $11,170.

The full 10th-to-90th span is narrower too, $19,340 against $21,190 nationally.

Where the median sits is the sharper difference: it lies $5,210 above the 25th percentile and $5,670 below the 75th, so it sits nearly centered in the band, while the national median sits toward the band's lower half.

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

The Utah hourly median is $17.77, against $18.27 nationally — $0.50 less, the same 3% 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 12,020 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Utah, 23rd 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 Utah have a median of $40,560 — $3,600, or 10%, more than the all-industry receptionist median on this page.

The technician median is 1.1 times the receptionist 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, and the two rows count different workers.