SOC 43-4181 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025United States, all industries

U.S. median annual wage$44,390
U.S. median hourly wage$21.34
U.S. employment118,710

Nationally, reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks earned a median of $44,390 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 118,710 jobs. Pay varies substantially by area — look up a specific state or metro below.

National pay distribution

Pay by state

Every state and territory with a published May 2025 estimate. “Not published” means BLS suppressed the value — it never means zero. Higher medians often track higher living costs; this is not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks: pay and employment by state
State
Michigan$60,220$28.951,9800.5
Minnesota$60,090$28.892,1600.7
California$49,420$23.7610,5800.6
Washington$48,520$23.332,9700.8
Georgia$47,860$23.015,8801.2
Illinois$47,850$23.017,0801.2
New Mexico$47,850$23.016000.7
Oklahoma$47,340$22.769200.5
District of Columbia$46,550$22.381000.1
Colorado$45,960$22.103,6501.3
Alaska$45,870$22.051,0003.1
Kentucky$45,840$22.041,8600.9
Arizona$45,710$21.983,0200.9
Rhode Island$45,420$21.842100.4
Hawaii$45,020$21.651,5902.5
North Carolina$44,630$21.465,7601.2
Louisiana$44,520$21.415200.3
Pennsylvania$44,380$21.344,0200.7
Massachusetts$44,230$21.261,5600.4
Virginia$44,140$21.222,5400.6
South Carolina$43,740$21.031,0100.4
Delaware$43,140$20.74700.1
Montana$43,110$20.734800.9
New York$42,990$20.675,5100.6
Arkansas$42,040$20.214300.3
Indiana$41,400$19.915500.2
Nevada$41,000$19.712,6601.7
New Hampshire$40,920$19.671500.2
Maryland$40,750$19.597200.3
Maine$40,700$19.574100.6
Oregon$40,570$19.511,3400.7
Missouri$40,560$19.501,7700.6
Idaho$40,230$19.344200.5
Florida$39,490$18.9914,7401.5
Connecticut$39,380$18.935100.3
New Jersey$38,780$18.642,7800.6
Utah$38,660$18.593,2601.9
Tennessee$38,530$18.531,4100.4
Vermont$38,310$18.421400.5
Texas$38,220$18.3818,4101.3
Nebraska$37,850$18.206500.6
Mississippi$37,730$18.141700.1
Iowa$36,880$17.732000.1
Alabama$36,620$17.611500.1
Ohio$36,070$17.341,2000.2
Wisconsin$35,950$17.288800.3
South Dakota$35,860$17.242300.5
Kansas$34,940$16.801800.1
North Dakota$34,870$16.771500.4
West Virginia$34,030$16.361000.1
Virgin Islands$29,030$13.963009.4
Guam$27,230$13.092203.4
Puerto RicoNot publishedNot published5100.5

Pay by metro area

All 122 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

$21,420$38,573$55,727$72,880Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $21,420Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $29,870Erie, PA — $32,710Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $33,600Wichita, KS — $33,810Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $33,850State College, PA — $34,000Springfield, MO — $34,160El Paso, TX — $34,470Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $34,510York-Hanover, PA — $34,510Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $34,710Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $35,310St. George, UT — $35,550Cleveland, OH — $35,590Medford, OR — $35,800Tucson, AZ — $35,890Eugene-Springfield, OR — $35,900Green Bay, WI — $36,240Richmond, VA — $36,510Rapid City, SD — $36,610Corpus Christi, TX — $36,620Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $36,760Knoxville, TN — $36,820Madison, WI — $37,350Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $37,350Lancaster, PA — $37,440Jacksonville, FL — $37,590Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $37,630Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $37,760Omaha, NE-IA — $37,850Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $37,960Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $37,990Wilmington, NC — $38,150Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $38,200Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $38,220Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $38,250Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $38,500Columbus, OH — $38,590Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $38,650Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $38,660Billings, MT — $38,760Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $38,880Greensboro-High Point, NC — $38,890Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $39,190Bend, OR — $39,570Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $39,910Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $40,190Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $40,260Jackson, MS — $40,350Portland-South Portland, ME — $40,470Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $40,540Boise City, ID — $40,630Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $40,660Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $40,750Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $40,940Bangor, ME — $40,980Reno, NV — $41,000Rochester, NY — $41,000Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $41,050Kansas City, MO-KS — $41,380Pittsburgh, PA — $41,450New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $41,600Fresno, CA — $41,830Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $42,610Flagstaff, AZ — $42,690Urban Honolulu, HI — $42,750Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $42,840Syracuse, NY — $42,970Naples-Marco Island, FL — $43,570Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $43,710Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $43,790St. Louis, MO-IL — $43,820Savannah, GA — $43,920Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $44,110Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $44,230Asheville, NC — $44,250Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $44,320Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $44,390Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $44,590Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $44,630Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $45,020Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $45,130Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $45,210Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $45,240Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $45,240Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $45,240Lexington-Fayette, KY — $45,260Bozeman, MT — $45,350Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $45,600Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $45,610Anchorage, AK — $45,870Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $45,940Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $45,950Fairbanks-College, AK — $45,950San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $46,070Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $46,520Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $46,800New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $46,870Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $46,880Barnstable Town, MA — $47,480Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $47,520Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $47,850Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $47,860Raleigh-Cary, NC — $48,300Colorado Springs, CO — $48,420Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $48,520Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $48,990Boulder, CO — $49,750San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $49,990San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $50,170Baton Rouge, LA — $50,950Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $51,130Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $51,190Napa, CA — $51,460Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $51,760San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $56,610Tulsa, OK — $56,690Albuquerque, NM — $57,390Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $60,280Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $72,880

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$72,880$35.041,4900.8
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$60,280$28.98800.4
Albuquerque, NM$57,390$27.595101.3
Tulsa, OK$56,690$27.263000.6
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$56,610$27.221,3501.2
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$51,760$24.89400.1
Napa, CA$51,460$24.74400.5
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$51,190$24.611,8801.0
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$51,130$24.585,3400.9
Baton Rouge, LA$50,950$24.50500.1
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$50,170$24.122,5801.1
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$49,990$24.043900.3
Boulder, CO$49,750$23.92400.2
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$48,990$23.55300.1
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$48,520$23.332,7901.3
Colorado Springs, CO$48,420$23.281200.4
Raleigh-Cary, NC$48,300$23.221,1701.6
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$47,860$23.015,0401.7
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$47,850$23.016,6601.5
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$47,520$22.853300.3
Barnstable Town, MA$47,480$22.83600.7
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$46,880$22.54300.2
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$46,870$22.543100.7
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$46,800$22.502,4901.0
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$46,520$22.364506.0
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$46,070$22.156200.4
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$45,950$22.091,6101.5
Fairbanks-College, AK$45,950$22.09902.4
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$45,940$22.09600.1
Anchorage, AK$45,870$22.055403.1
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$45,610$21.932700.9
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$45,600$21.923,0901.9
Bozeman, MT$45,350$21.801301.8
Lexington-Fayette, KY$45,260$21.761100.4
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$45,240$21.752700.4
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$45,240$21.755000.5
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$45,240$21.75800.4
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$45,210$21.732,1000.7
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$45,130$21.702200.3
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$45,020$21.643500.9
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$44,630$21.463,3402.5
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$44,590$21.44600.3
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$44,390$21.342,3800.8
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$44,320$21.319600.8
Asheville, NC$44,250$21.272101.2
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$44,230$21.261,4700.5
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$44,110$21.211700.6
Savannah, GA$43,920$21.121400.7
St. Louis, MO-IL$43,820$21.076800.5
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$43,790$21.053800.2
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$43,710$21.02600.3
Naples-Marco Island, FL$43,570$20.95400.2
Syracuse, NY$42,970$20.66800.3
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$42,840$20.60500.4
Urban Honolulu, HI$42,750$20.557701.7
Flagstaff, AZ$42,690$20.53901.4
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$42,610$20.492400.4
Fresno, CA$41,830$20.111400.3
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$41,600$20.007,2100.8
Pittsburgh, PA$41,450$19.937300.7
Kansas City, MO-KS$41,380$19.903300.3
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$41,050$19.741400.4
Reno, NV$41,000$19.713201.1
Rochester, NY$41,000$19.71500.1
Bangor, ME$40,980$19.701401.9
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$40,940$19.692,2402.0
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$40,750$19.595600.4
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$40,660$19.553000.4
Boise City, ID$40,630$19.533200.8
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$40,540$19.494,0502.9
Portland-South Portland, ME$40,470$19.461900.6
Jackson, MS$40,350$19.40800.3
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$40,260$19.36500.7
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$40,190$19.323900.4
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$39,910$19.19700.3
Bend, OR$39,570$19.03800.8
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$39,190$18.846,7502.4
Greensboro-High Point, NC$38,890$18.701200.3
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$38,880$18.692100.3
Billings, MT$38,760$18.641101.1
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$38,660$18.592,9303.5
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$38,650$18.58400.5
Columbus, OH$38,590$18.552300.2
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$38,500$18.51600.6
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$38,250$18.3910,6302.6
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$38,220$18.37600.2
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$38,200$18.372700.3
Wilmington, NC$38,150$18.341200.6
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$37,990$18.261,5901.1
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$37,960$18.251900.5
Omaha, NE-IA$37,850$18.205901.2
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$37,760$18.151400.4
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$37,630$18.099900.9
Jacksonville, FL$37,590$18.072500.3
Lancaster, PA$37,440$18.00300.1
Madison, WI$37,350$17.961000.2
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$37,350$17.96600.5
Knoxville, TN$36,820$17.701500.4
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$36,760$17.67500.4
Corpus Christi, TX$36,620$17.61600.3
Rapid City, SD$36,610$17.60600.9
Richmond, VA$36,510$17.551200.2
Green Bay, WI$36,240$17.42600.3
Eugene-Springfield, OR$35,900$17.26800.5
Tucson, AZ$35,890$17.25800.2
Medford, OR$35,800$17.21700.8
Cleveland, OH$35,590$17.114100.4
St. George, UT$35,550$17.09800.9
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$35,310$16.971300.7
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$34,710$16.69Not publishedNot published
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$34,510$16.59400.2
York-Hanover, PA$34,510$16.59500.2
El Paso, TX$34,470$16.57800.2
Springfield, MO$34,160$16.424101.8
State College, PA$34,000$16.35600.9
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$33,850$16.27300.2
Wichita, KS$33,810$16.26800.2
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$33,600$16.15800.3
Erie, PA$32,710$15.73500.4
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$29,870$14.364,6401.4
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$21,420$10.301801.2
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PRNot publishedNot published4500.7

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.