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Medical receptionist salary

Open medical receptionist jobs post a median of $20.75 an hour, with the middle half paying $18.50–$23: about $43,200 a year full time. Measured from 446 jobs at 203 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

$20.75
Median posted /hr
$19–$23
Middle half /hr
$43,200
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$18.27
BLS median /hr
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Medical receptionist jobs

What medical receptionists are paid

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint). The middle half of employers' rates is in the darker color.

Posted hourly rates of 446 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $12, the highest $47.32.

Posted on open jobs

$18.50–$23/hr

Middle half of 309 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $20.75. 42% of the 1,061 open medical receptionist jobs state an hourly rate. 1 more state an "up to" ceiling, a weekly travel rate, a per-visit fee, or a rate far from the rest (a differential read as pay), left out.

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Medical receptionist pay by employer

What each employer posts for medical receptionists, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
PM Pediatric Care$21.50$17–$2818
Trinity Health$21.25$17.50–$28.6517
ENT and Allergy Associates$21$18.48–$2115
U.S. Physical Therapy$18.50$12–$2613
OSF HealthCare$18.75$17.66–$19.6310
HealthPartners$25.25$18.98–$32.049
Marathon Health$21.50$19–$259
Inspira Health$20.25$17.01–$47.288
CommonSpirit Health$20$15–$31.408
PACS Group$17.75$16–$207
SGA Dental Partners$22$19–$306
MultiCare Health System$26.50$18.94–$33.575
Endeavor Health$23$18.76–$27.205
UnitedHealth Group$22.50$16–$295
One Medical$22$18–$27.755
Silverado$20$15–$225
Axess Family Services$17.50$16–$195
Marin Community Clinics$25$25–$284
Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura$24.25$24.25–$264
Beth Israel Lahey Health$23.50$17–$27.594
Emergency Physicians Urgent Care$23$23–$254
Ascension$21.50$17.39–$24.774
Tufts Medicine$21.25$17.57–$26.914
United Surgical Partners International$21$16–$264
University Radiology$21$20–$214
Healogics$20.50$15.94–$25.364
Northwell Health$20$20–$304
Kisco Senior Living$19.50$17–$22.604
Summit Health and CityMD$18.25$18.13–$22.024
Total Access Urgent Care$17.50$17–$184
Urgent Care Group$17.50$17–$184
Elica Health Centers$27.75$25–$36.503
Guardian Dentistry Partners$25$20–$303
MarinHealth$24.75$22.50–$273
Bass Medical Group$23$23–$263
RadNet$23$23–$253
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center$22.75$22–$23.393
UChicago Medicine$22.25$20.58–$23.993
ACMH$21$213
Samaritan Health Services$20.75$16.84–$24.733

Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.

Medical receptionist pay by state

States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state an hourly rate, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.

StateMedian postedMiddle halfBLS medianJobs
California$24$21.50–$26$21.20 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)70
Washington$23$21.75–$25.75$21.49 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)20
Oregon$23$20.75–$23.25$19.66 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)8
Minnesota$22.50$19.75–$25$18.04 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)16
Massachusetts$22.25$20.50–$24$21.09 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)27
New York$21$19–$22.50$20.71 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)96
Colorado$21$19.50–$22.75$20.20 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)10
New Jersey$20.75$19.75–$24$20.02 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)28
Connecticut$20.75$20–$22.50$19.53 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9
Florida$20.25$17–$22$17.70 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)14
Maryland$20$17.75–$22$18.32 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)20
Texas$20$17–$21.50$16.93 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)16
Virginia$19.50$17.25–$21.50$17.82 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)10
Illinois$19.25$17.25–$21.50$17.98 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)28
Missouri$18.50$17.75–$20.25$17.18 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)14
Ohio$18.25$17–$21.50$17.27 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)13
Arizona$18$17.50–$21.50$18.62 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9

Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (May 2025).

Medical receptionist jobs that state a yearly salary

Some jobs state a salary for the year instead of an hourly rate. They are measured on their own here, never converted.

12 open jobs from 2 employers state a yearly salary: a median of $43,900, the middle half $43,200 to $44,200, from $38,000 to $50,400 posted.

Best-paid open medical receptionist jobs

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

Every open job: Medical receptionist jobs

What BLS measures

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys what people employed in the occupation earn, at every level of experience. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered, so the two measure different things.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Receptionists and Information Clerks (43-4171)$13.83 (source: BLS OEWS, Receptionists and Information Clerks, opens in a new tab)$16.33 (source: BLS OEWS, Receptionists and Information Clerks, opens in a new tab)$18.27 (source: BLS OEWS, Receptionists and Information Clerks, opens in a new tab)$21.70 (source: BLS OEWS, Receptionists and Information Clerks, opens in a new tab)$24.01 (source: BLS OEWS, Receptionists and Information Clerks, opens in a new tab)910,180 (source: BLS OEWS, Receptionists and Information Clerks, opens in a new tab)

The posted median ($20.75) is $2.48 above the BLS median ($18.27 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Receptionists and Information Clerks, opens in a new tab)). Posted ranges run from a new hire's rate to an experienced one's, and their midpoint is counted here.

Medical receptionist salary: common questions

How much does a medical receptionist make an hour?

Open medical receptionist jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $20.75, with the middle half between $18.50–$23 (446 jobs from 203 employers, each employer's advertised range counted once). Postings advertise a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics measured a median of $18.27/hr ($38,010 a year) for receptionists and information clerks in May 2025.

How much does a medical receptionist make a year?

At the posted median of $20.75 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $43,200, and the middle half to $38,500 to $47,800. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states. 12 open jobs state a yearly salary instead, a median of $43,900.

Which states pay medical receptionists the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: California ($24), Washington ($23) and Oregon ($23). The lowest: Arizona ($18), Ohio ($18.25) and Missouri ($18.50). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay medical receptionists the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: MultiCare Health System ($26.50), HealthPartners ($25.25) and Endeavor Health ($23). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay CareJobs.Now's open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 446 of 1,061 open medical receptionist jobs (42%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none, "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out, and each employer's advertised range counts once in the median, so no single employer sets it.

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used: a plain hourly or yearly figure or range in US dollars, read from the job's own posting. A range counts at its midpoint. In the median and the middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; an employer's own figures count its jobs one by one. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates under a third or over three times the occupation's median are left out. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours (40 a week). A job counts under its occupation and every occupation above it, and under every state it is open in. A page exists while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Receptionists and Information Clerks (SOC 43-4171), published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Receptionists and Information Clerks by state, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Receptionists and Information Clerks (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Medical receptionist salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/medical-receptionist

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