Virtual receptionist in Killeen-Temple, TX: cost vs in-house

Pay in Killeen-Temple against Texas and the US

Virtual receptionists at the 90th percentile earn $44,010, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of virtual receptionists in Killeen-Temple earns $28,900–$37,570. The mean ($34,200) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $8,670 wide, against $11,050 across Texas and $11,170 nationally: employers in Killeen-Temple pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a virtual receptionist here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $3,060 over it, while the 25th sits $5,610 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $3,948 more a year with benefits. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $38,010 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles in Killeen-Temple, and the Texas statewide median of $35,210 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local virtual receptionists earn.

What a hire really costs in Killeen-Temple

At the $34,510 median, a local hire costs about $44,529 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,019 here. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in Killeen-Temple

Virtual receptionists have the lowest median of the 17 roles we track in Killeen-Temple; project coordinators have the highest, at $90,120.

Measured against the US median, virtual receptionists rank #7 of the 17 roles we track in Killeen-Temple (-9.2%), between bookkeepers (-8.9%) and administrative assistants (-10.1%). The typical role here is at -11.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Virtual receptionists hold 6.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Killeen-Temple, 5.0% across Texas and 5.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $28,530 in McAllen-Edinburg to $37,280 in Midland, a gap of $8,750 a year. Of the 13 areas in Texas with more virtual receptionists than Killeen-Temple, 9 pay less, the largest of them El Paso, TX ($29,460), McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($28,530) and the North Region of Texas nonmetro area ($32,130).

Killeen-Temple against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Killeen-Temple is #189 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Jefferson City and Louisville pay just above Killeen-Temple and Homosassa Springs and Ocala just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in Killeen-Temple. Of the three markets with about as many virtual receptionists, two pay more.

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