Throughline

Operations and sales

Receptionist and Information Clerk in the United States

27 postings read · sampled 2026-09-01 · source ats

What employers actually ask for

Credentials named in the 27 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.

None. Across 27 postings, no certification or licence was named often enough to call it a requirement. For this role in this market, employers are hiring on demonstrated work rather than credentials — which means money spent on a certificate here is unlikely to be what gets you the interview.

What the official taxonomy says

O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.

Education reported by people doing this job
49%reported high school diploma or equivalent
  • High school diploma or equivalent49%
  • Some college, no degree26%
  • Post-secondary certificate21%

Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.

O*NET 43-4171.00 · pulled 2026-09-01 · percentages are of surveyed workers, each rounded separately, so they need not total 100

This sample is small enough that one posting moves any percentage by more than a couple of points, so we are not calling anything low-signal here. Read the numbers above as a direction, not a measurement.

What it pays

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.

$28,760
10th percentile
$38,010
median
$49,950
90th percentile

Who was hiring

Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.

Action Property Management · Murgado Automotive Group · Current · City of New York · Equinox · Foundation Risk Partners · Latitude Inc · Morgan & Morgan · Otterbein SeniorLife · Roblox · SingerLewak · Skyline Construction · The Florida Panthers · Trucordia · vTech Solution · Westgate Resorts · YWCA Seattle King Snohomish

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