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Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks

Role Overview

Make and confirm reservations for transportation or lodging, or sell transportation tickets. May check baggage and direct passengers to designated concourse, pier, or track; deliver tickets and contact individuals and groups to inform them of package tours; or provide tourists with travel or transportation information. Excludes "Cashiers” (41-2011), "Travel Agents” (41-3041), and "Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks” (43-4081) who sell tickets for local transportation.

Salary by State (top paying)

State Median salary
North Carolina $52,740
New Mexico $50,590
Washington $47,110
Texas $46,550
California $46,540
Virginia $46,440
Colorado $46,420
Idaho $45,780
Indiana $45,580
Illinois $45,000
Michigan $44,570
Oklahoma $43,900
New Hampshire $43,720
Hawaii $42,430
Massachusetts $41,970

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

Median Annual Salary

$41,460

Projected Growth (10yr)

+2.8%

Avg. annual openings

14.4k

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