Compared with the local labor market
Receptionist pay vs. Florida
Across all employers in Florida, the median wage for Receptionists and Information Clerks — about 63,280 people — is $36,810. Department of Veterans' Affairs pays a median base salary of $36,092 for this role, 2% below that figure — about the 46th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Department of Veterans' Affairs sits in the local pay range
$28,850
$32,730
$36,810
$41,590
$46,480
Department of Veterans' Affairs median · $36,092
The bar is the range of annual wages for Receptionists and Information Clerks across every employer in Florida, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Veterans' Affairs’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Receptionists and Information Clerks — about 910,180 people — is $38,010. Department of Veterans' Affairs’s median base salary is 5% below that national figure, about the 38th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$28,760
$33,960
$38,010
$45,130
$49,950
Department of Veterans' Affairs median · $36,092
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Florida range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 10 of 12 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Veterans' Affairs is $36,092, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across Florida
Receptionist is held in 2 Florida departments. In Department of Veterans' Affairs, the median of $36,092 ranks #2 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Receptionist role in other Floridadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Receptionist beyond Florida
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Florida, the median of $36,092 ranks #3 of 7. See Receptionist across all of Florida →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Receptionistroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.