Vet receptionist pay in the US
Vet receptionists in the US: $17 to $23 an hour in job ads
From 1,427 job ads at 233 employers, updated Nov 9, 2026
$20 an hour, median in job ads
Updated Nov 9, 2026. Each employer counts once, however many ads it posts. Hourly ads only, never converted.
Hourly and yearly ads, kept apart
Posted hourly$17 to $23 median $20
Posted yearly$37,000 to $142,000 median $49,000
Each range runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile across employers. Each employer counts once, at the middle of its own ads' stated pay, so a group hiring at many hospitals is one employer. An ad that states no unit is not counted, and hourly is never converted to yearly.
Pay by state
Median vet receptionist pay an hour in job ads, highest first. Tap a state for its page.
- California$22188 ads
- Colorado$2149 ads
- Connecticut$2114 ads
- Maine$216 ads
- Massachusetts$2161 ads
- New York$21102 ads
- Arizona$2026 ads
- Minnesota$2030 ads
- New Hampshire$2012 ads
- New Jersey$2030 ads
- Oregon$2026 ads
- Washington$2052 ads
- Florida$19111 ads
- Idaho$196 ads
- Maryland$1931 ads
- Virginia$1966 ads
- Georgia$1838 ads
- Illinois$1851 ads
- Kansas$189 ads
- Michigan$1819 ads
- Nevada$189 ads
- North Carolina$1848 ads
- Pennsylvania$1831 ads
- South Carolina$1825 ads
- Tennessee$1837 ads
- Texas$1874 ads
- Wisconsin$1814 ads
- Indiana$1714 ads
- Kentucky$1710 ads
- Missouri$1717 ads
- Ohio$1743 ads
- Oklahoma$1710 ads
- Alabama$156 ads
Ball size shows how many ads each median rests on.
States with 5 or more vet receptionist ads stating pay, Nov 9, 2026.
What the jobs offer
CE allowance20% (592 of 2,951 ads)
Mentorship7% (214 of 2,951 ads)
Four-day week0% (9 of 2,951 ads)
New grads welcome0% (5 of 2,951 ads)
Counted only where the ad's own words say it, out of all 2,951 open vet receptionist ads on Nov 9, 2026, including ads that state no pay. The pay figures above use only ads that state hourly or yearly pay. Each ball is 10%.
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Questions
How much do vet receptionists make?
Job ads in the US offer vet receptionists $17 to $23 an hour, median $20, from 1,427 ads at 233 employers (Nov 9, 2026).
Which states pay vet receptionists the most?
Among states with 5 or more vet receptionist ads stating pay, the highest medians are California at $22 an hour (188 ads), Colorado at $21 an hour (49 ads), Connecticut at $21 an hour (14 ads), as of Nov 9, 2026.
What benefits do vet receptionist jobs offer?
Of 2,951 vet receptionist ads, 592 mention a CE allowance, 214 mention mentorship, 5 mention welcoming new grads, 9 mention a four-day week, as of Nov 9, 2026. Only what the ad itself says is counted.
Sources
- Job ads, Nov 9, 2026. 1,427 open vet receptionist ads in the US that state hourly pay, at 233 employers. 7 yearly ads are shown apart. An ad that states pay with no hour or year is left out. Read from employers' own job feeds and careers pages.
- Benefits, Nov 9, 2026. Counted across all 2,951 open ads, whether or not they state pay.
Each job-ad figure is kept with the ad's own sentence. See also how often vets leave their practice.