Veterinary Receptionist Salary in Vermont
Receptionists and information clerks in Vermont — a federal occupation, SOC 43-4171, that covers every industry, not only veterinary practices — earned a median annual wage of $38,370 in the May 2025 estimates.
That is 1% above the national median of $38,010, and 17th of the 51 jurisdictions that publish a median.
The Vermont figures sit above the national ones at the bottom of the distribution and below them at the top: the 10th percentile is 7% higher, while the 75th and 90th percentiles are both 6% lower.
What these figures cover
10th percentile
$30,830
25th percentile
$35,090
75th percentile
$42,320
90th percentile
$46,810
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — Vermont, SOC 43-4171 (Receptionists and Information Clerks). Retrieved 2026-09-16 from the BLS Public Data API.
How to read these figures
Vermont vs. the national figures
The Vermont median is above the national median by 1%. Among the 51 jurisdictions (states plus DC) where BLS publishes a Receptionists and Information Clerks (SOC 43-4171) median for May 2025, it ranks 17th, and 51st by estimated employment.
Differences are whole percentages, rounded half away from zero, computed from the figures shown.
Above the national floor, below the national ceiling
Vermont's percentiles straddle the national ones.
The 10th percentile, $30,830, is $2,070, or 7%, above the national figure of $28,760, and the 25th, $35,090, is $1,130, or 3%, above.
The median is 1% higher.
Above the middle the position reverses: the 75th percentile, $42,320, is $2,810, or 6%, below the national $45,130, and the 90th, $46,810, is $3,140, or 6%, below the national $49,950.
An offer near the bottom of the range benchmarks better against the national figures for this all-industry occupation than one near the top.
A narrower band than the national one
Half of the Vermont workers counted earned between $35,090 and $42,320 — a band $7,230 wide, against a national band of $11,170.
The full 10th-to-90th span is narrower too: $15,980, against $21,190 nationally.
The narrowing shows up at both ends, a floor above the national one and a ceiling below it.
The median sits $3,280 above the 25th percentile and $3,950 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.
Reading an hourly posting against the Vermont median
The Vermont hourly median is $18.45, against $18.27 nationally — $0.18 more an hour, the same 1% gap as the annual median.
The data set carries hourly pay at the median only, so it 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.
A small workforce, counted across every industry
BLS estimates 1,160 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Vermont, 51st of the 51 jurisdictions that publish a median — the smallest employment estimate in the table.
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 Vermont vet tech median
In the same release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Vermont have a median of $49,490 — $11,120, or 29%, 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 Vermont have a median of $49,490 ($23.80/hr) — $11,120 above the receptionists and information clerks median shown on this page. Vet tech salary in Vermont →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median receptionist salary in Vermont?
For receptionists and information clerks across all industries in Vermont, the May 2025 BLS median annual wage is $38,370, or $18.45 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 Vermont sits 1% above it.
What do the top-paid receptionists in Vermont earn?
The Vermont 90th percentile is $46,810: one in ten receptionists and information clerks counted across all industries earned more.
Nationally the 90th percentile is $49,950, so Vermont is $3,140, or 6%, lower — the state falls behind the national figures only at the top of the distribution, while the 10th and 25th percentiles sit above them.
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 Vermont?
In the same BLS release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Vermont have a median of $49,490, which is $11,120 above the $38,370 median for receptionists and information clerks across all industries.
The technician median is 1.3 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 Vermont?
BLS estimates 1,160 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Vermont across all industries, 51st of 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 Vermont Veterinary Receptionist Resources
Sources
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — Vermont, 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 2026-09-24.