Veterinary Receptionist Salary in Washington

Every published Washington percentile sits above its national counterpart, but not by a uniform amount.

The widest gap is at the floor: the Washington 10th percentile of $36,730 is $7,970, or 28%, above the national figure.

The 25th percentile, $38,980, is $5,020, or 15%, higher, and the median is $6,700, or 18%, above the national median of $38,010.

The 75th percentile shows the narrowest gap — $49,110 against $45,130, just $3,980, or 9%.

At the 90th percentile the state pulls ahead again: $57,840, which is $7,890, or 16%, above the national figure.

Someone benchmarking an offer at the floor of the range against the national 10th percentile for this all-industry occupation would understate it more than any other point in the Washington distribution.

Half of Washington's receptionists and information clerks earned between $38,980 and $49,110, a band $10,130 wide — narrower than the national band of $11,170.

The full 10th-to-90th span is nearly identical to the national one, $21,110 against $21,190.

The median sits $5,730 above the 25th percentile and $4,400 below the 75th, so it falls in the upper half of its band; the national median, $4,050 above its 25th percentile and $7,120 below its 75th, sits in the lower half of its own.

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

The Washington hourly median is $21.49, against $18.27 nationally — $3.22 more, the same 18% 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 26,500 receptionists and information clerks were employed in Washington, 9th 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 Washington have a median of $59,740 — $15,030, or 34%, more than the all-industry receptionist median on this page.

The technician median is 1.3 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.