Pay distribution $40,060 10th $44,110 25th $57,820 75th $68,640 90th
Half of Receptionists and Information Clerks in the San Jose metro area earn more than $47,130 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $44,110 and $57,820.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $40,060 $44,110 $47,130 $57,820 $68,640 Hourly $19.26 $21.21 $22.66 $27.80 $33.00
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares San Jose metro areathis metro area
$47,130 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $44,110 to $57,820
$44,100 median for California; middle half earns $39,050 to $48,690
$38,010 median for United States; middle half earns $33,960 to $45,130
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +7% vs California overall and +24% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $21,840 $31,043 $40,247 $49,450 Ponce, PR — $21,840 Arecibo, PR — $21,890 Mayaguez, PR — $22,220 Guayama, PR — $22,480 Aguadilla, PR — $22,490 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $23,010 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $28,530 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $28,720 Laredo, TX — $29,140 Eagle Pass, TX — $29,340 Gadsden, AL — $29,450 El Paso, TX — $29,460 Hattiesburg, MS — $29,850 Dothan, AL — $30,060 Lafayette, LA — $30,170 Beckley, WV — $30,180 Texarkana, TX-AR — $30,470 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $30,580 Jacksonville, NC — $30,600 Tuscaloosa, AL — $30,630 Abilene, TX — $30,690 Mobile, AL — $30,710 Montgomery, AL — $30,740 Clarksville, TN-KY — $30,960 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $31,060 Sumter, SC — $31,060 College Station-Bryan, TX — $31,100 Johnson City, TN — $31,180 Valdosta, GA — $31,190 Columbus, GA-AL — $31,200 Morristown, TN — $31,200 San Angelo, TX — $31,200 Monroe, LA — $31,250 Owensboro, KY — $31,300 Alexandria, LA — $31,500 Lubbock, TX — $31,550 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $31,600 Lake Charles, LA — $31,620 Bowling Green, KY — $31,750 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $31,750 Wheeling, WV-OH — $31,750 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $31,760 Corpus Christi, TX — $31,810 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $31,880 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $31,890 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $31,900 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $31,910 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $31,960 Lawton, OK — $32,100 Tyler, TX — $32,100 Hammond, LA — $32,130 Manhattan, KS — $32,130 Paducah, KY-IL — $32,130 Victoria, TX — $32,130 Erie, PA — $32,210 Hot Springs, AR — $32,210 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $32,220 Altoona, PA — $32,240 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $32,330 Longview, TX — $32,350 Fayetteville, NC — $32,490 Hinesville, GA — $32,510 Jonesboro, AR — $32,540 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $32,690 Warner Robins, GA — $32,730 Cleveland, TN — $32,770 Charleston, WV — $32,810 Waco, TX — $32,810 Wichita Falls, TX — $32,940 Elizabethtown, KY — $33,020 Florence, SC — $33,130 Mansfield, OH — $33,170 Morgantown, WV — $33,170 Decatur, AL — $33,280 Las Cruces, NM — $33,280 Johnstown, PA — $33,310 Greenville, NC — $33,680 Baton Rouge, LA — $33,750 Williamsport, PA — $33,790 Enid, OK — $33,820 Bay City, MI — $33,860 Evansville, IN — $33,860 Jackson, TN — $33,860 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $33,870 Amarillo, TX — $33,900 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $33,940 Lynchburg, VA — $33,940 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $33,970 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $33,990 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $34,000 Columbia, MO — $34,020 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $34,070 Tallahassee, FL — $34,100 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $34,130 Terre Haute, IN — $34,130 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $34,140 Sebring, FL — $34,190 Bloomington, IN — $34,230 Roanoke, VA — $34,240 Wilmington, NC — $34,260 Savannah, GA — $34,270 Sherman-Denison, TX — $34,270 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $34,290 Albany, GA — $34,340 Jackson, MS — $34,350 Joplin, MO-KS — $34,350 Homosassa Springs, FL — $34,380 Ocala, FL — $34,380 Jefferson City, MO — $34,510 Killeen-Temple, TX — $34,510 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $34,520 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $34,530 Dalton, GA — $34,570 Springfield, MO — $34,590 Canton-Massillon, OH — $34,640 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $34,690 Goldsboro, NC — $34,710 Rocky Mount, NC — $34,720 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $34,750 Idaho Falls, ID — $34,800 Rome, GA — $34,830 Sandusky, OH — $34,830 Niles, MI — $34,850 State College, PA — $34,860 Pocatello, ID — $34,870 Spartanburg, SC — $34,920 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $34,940 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $34,940 Kokomo, IN — $35,040 Muncie, IN — $35,040 Oklahoma City, OK — $35,040 Huntsville, AL — $35,060 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $35,070 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $35,110 Ames, IA — $35,170 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $35,190 Fort Wayne, IN — $35,220 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $35,250 Gettysburg, PA — $35,280 Tulsa, OK — $35,310 Bloomington, IL — $35,340 Duluth, MN-WI — $35,350 Gainesville, FL — $35,350 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $35,350 Albuquerque, NM — $35,360 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $35,360 Winston-Salem, NC — $35,360 Lawrence, KS — $35,410 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $35,430 Farmington, NM — $35,440 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $35,470 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $35,490 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $35,510 Columbia, SC — $35,530 Wichita, KS — $35,540 Columbus, IN — $35,560 Monroe, MI — $35,580 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $35,590 Lima, OH — $35,600 Birmingham, AL — $35,610 Kankakee, IL — $35,620 Knoxville, TN — $35,620 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $35,630 Springfield, OH — $35,630 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $35,650 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $35,670 Decatur, IL — $35,690 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $35,690 Saginaw, MI — $35,730 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $35,750 Logan, UT-ID — $35,770 Topeka, KS — $35,780 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $35,790 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $35,790 Peoria, IL — $35,970 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $35,990 Yuma, AZ — $35,990 Asheville, NC — $36,000 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $36,000 Lebanon, PA — $36,010 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $36,080 St. George, UT — $36,090 Winchester, VA-WV — $36,090 Jackson, MI — $36,130 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $36,160 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $36,170 Odessa, TX — $36,200 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $36,200 Salisbury, MD — $36,210 Burlington, NC — $36,230 Flint, MI — $36,230 Twin Falls, ID — $36,260 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $36,290 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $36,300 Pittsburgh, PA — $36,300 Cleveland, OH — $36,320 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $36,320 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $36,350 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $36,370 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $36,390 Reading, PA — $36,390 Richmond, VA — $36,400 York-Hanover, PA — $36,400 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $36,430 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $36,460 St. Louis, MO-IL — $36,470 Springfield, IL — $36,500 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $36,510 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $36,520 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $36,550 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $36,550 Dover, DE — $36,570 Rochester, MN — $36,570 Great Falls, MT — $36,580 Chambersburg, PA — $36,590 Missoula, MT — $36,610 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $36,640 Akron, OH — $36,670 Port St. Lucie, FL — $36,680 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $36,690 Toledo, OH — $36,710 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $36,750 Jacksonville, FL — $36,760 Lancaster, PA — $36,770 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $36,770 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $36,810 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $36,810 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $36,810 Ogden, UT — $36,810 Utica-Rome, NY — $36,810 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $36,880 Traverse City, MI — $36,900 Columbus, OH — $36,910 Gainesville, GA — $36,910 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $36,920 Midland, MI — $36,940 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $36,970 Binghamton, NY — $37,010 Santa Fe, NM — $37,040 Tucson, AZ — $37,040 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $37,050 Lincoln, NE — $37,050 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $37,060 Punta Gorda, FL — $37,130 Charlottesville, VA — $37,140 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $37,170 Kansas City, MO-KS — $37,210 St. Cloud, MN — $37,210 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $37,220 Harrisonburg, VA — $37,220 Grand Junction, CO — $37,250 Pueblo, CO — $37,270 Midland, TX — $37,280 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $37,330 Corvallis, OR — $37,360 Elmira, NY — $37,380 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $37,400 Grand Island, NE — $37,400 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $37,410 Lewiston, ID-WA — $37,420 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $37,440 Cheyenne, WY — $37,450 Rockford, IL — $37,460 Battle Creek, MI — $37,480 Boise City, ID — $37,500 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $37,510 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $37,530 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $37,540 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $37,570 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $37,600 Cedar Rapids, IA — $37,690 Casper, WY — $37,760 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $37,770 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $37,780 Billings, MT — $37,810 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $37,810 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $37,870 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $37,910 Mankato, MN — $37,950 Rapid City, SD — $37,990 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $38,000 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $38,030 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $38,060 Lexington Park, MD — $38,100 Colorado Springs, CO — $38,190 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $38,220 Reno, NV — $38,290 Helena, MT — $38,320 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $38,380 Vineland, NJ — $38,480 Fargo, ND-MN — $38,500 Salem, OR — $38,510 Rochester, NY — $38,550 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $38,560 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $38,630 Bismarck, ND — $38,710 Iowa City, IA — $38,740 Omaha, NE-IA — $38,740 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $38,780 Dubuque, IA — $38,830 Merced, CA — $38,890 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $38,960 Greeley, CO — $38,960 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $39,000 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $39,020 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $39,160 Ann Arbor, MI — $39,190 Albany, OR — $39,300 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $39,340 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $39,370 Ithaca, NY — $39,400 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $39,410 Glens Falls, NY — $39,440 Grants Pass, OR — $39,460 Fresno, CA — $39,520 Visalia, CA — $39,520 Kingston, NY — $39,540 Bangor, ME — $39,630 Walla Walla, WA — $39,630 Redding, CA — $39,660 Wausau, WI — $39,670 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $39,690 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $39,790 Flagstaff, AZ — $39,830 Syracuse, NY — $39,900 Urban Honolulu, HI — $39,960 Minot, ND — $40,060 Chico, CA — $40,070 Appleton, WI — $40,300 Bozeman, MT — $40,370 Fond du Lac, WI — $40,390 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $40,550 Medford, OR — $40,630 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $40,640 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $40,700 Green Bay, WI — $40,760 Springfield, MA — $40,770 Longview-Kelso, WA — $40,790 Carson City, NV — $40,950 Yakima, WA — $40,990 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $41,050 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $41,240 Eau Claire, WI — $41,310 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $41,410 El Centro, CA — $41,440 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $41,700 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $41,720 Worcester, MA — $41,720 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $41,770 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $41,800 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $41,800 Yuba City, CA — $41,880 Pittsfield, MA — $41,890 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $42,710 Boulder, CO — $42,800 Bend, OR — $42,840 New Haven, CT — $42,880 Kenosha, WI — $42,900 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $42,910 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $42,920 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $43,280 Salinas, CA — $43,300 Bellingham, WA — $43,400 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $43,410 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $43,530 Madison, WI — $43,600 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $43,610 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $43,630 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $43,680 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $43,710 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $43,930 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $44,130 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $44,270 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $44,390 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $44,610 Modesto, CA — $44,610 Anchorage, AK — $44,630 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $44,690 Portland-South Portland, ME — $44,770 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $44,890 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $44,980 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $45,060 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $45,140 Sheboygan, WI — $45,430 Vallejo, CA — $45,500 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $45,550 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $45,650 Barnstable Town, MA — $45,820 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $45,820 Napa, CA — $46,850 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $47,130 Fairbanks-College, AK — $47,260 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $49,450 San Jose metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The San Jose metro area has the 3rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 393 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for receptionists and information clerks, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
San Jose metro areathis page
$47,130 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $44,110 to $57,820
$49,450 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $43,440 to $60,170
$46,850 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $43,820 to $54,080
$45,650 median for Hanford metro area; middle half earns $40,330 to $45,650
$45,550 median for Santa Rosa metro area; middle half earns $41,610 to $52,920
$45,500 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $39,840 to $67,650
$45,140 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $38,340 to $54,280
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Office Clerks, General $58,840 Customer Service Representatives $60,480 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive $62,940 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers $95,010 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks $66,130 Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants $69,350 Highest-paying metro areas for receptionists and information clerkss · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .