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Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks

Role Overview

Accommodate hotel, motel, and resort patrons by registering and assigning rooms to guests, issuing room keys or cards, transmitting and receiving messages, keeping records of occupied rooms and guests’ accounts, making and confirming reservations, and presenting statements to and collecting payments from departing guests.

Salary by State (top paying)

State Median salary
Hawaii $58,740
District of Columbia $44,640
California $39,200
Washington $38,930
New York $38,870
Vermont $38,820
Massachusetts $38,490
Nevada $37,960
Maine $37,760
Rhode Island $37,500
New Jersey $37,260
Colorado $36,370
Oregon $36,270
New Hampshire $36,230
Connecticut $36,150

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BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), BLS Employment Projections.

Median Annual Salary

$34,270

Projected Growth (10yr)

+3.7%

Avg. annual openings

43.6k

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