Virtual receptionist in St. George, UT: cost vs in-house

Pay in St. George against Utah and the US

Virtual receptionists at the 90th percentile earn $44,660, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of virtual receptionists in St. George earns $30,550–$38,650. The mean ($35,820) 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 $8,100 wide, against $10,880 across Utah and $11,170 nationally: employers in St. George 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 $2,560 over it, while the 25th sits $5,540 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $3,303 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 median and the 75th percentile in St. George, and the Utah statewide median of $36,960 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in St. George

At the $36,090 median, a local hire costs about $46,568 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,478 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 St. George

Virtual receptionists have the lowest median of the 15 roles we track in St. George; project coordinators have the highest, at $78,300.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 15 roles we track in St. George (-5.1%); executive assistants come last (-28.9%). The typical role here is at -9.9%, so, measured against the US, virtual receptionists cost more in St. George than the area's general pay level would suggest. Virtual receptionists hold 9.7% of the jobs in the 14 of these roles with a job count in St. George, 6.3% across Utah and 5.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Utah

Across the 7 areas of Utah with data for this job, the median runs from $35,770 in Logan to $37,810 in Salt Lake City-Murray, a gap of $2,040 a year. All 3 areas in Utah with more virtual receptionists than St. George also pay more, among them Salt Lake City-Murray, UT ($37,810) and Provo-Orem, UT ($36,770).

St. George against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, St. George is #210 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Utah, Jackson and Watertown-Fort Drum pay just above St. George and Winchester and Fayetteville-Springdale just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in St. George. Of the three markets with about as many virtual receptionists, one pays more.

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