Travel Agents · SOC 41-3041

Travel Agents Salary in the Rochester Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Rochester, NY metro area

Figures describe the Rochester, NY metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Rochester city limits.

Median annual wage$45,320
Median hourly wage$21.79

Travel Agents in the Rochester, NY metro area earned a median of $45,320 per year ($21.79 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $34,670 at the 10th percentile to $72,490 at the 90th. BLS estimates 70 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Travel Agents in the Rochester metro area earn more than $45,320 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,210 and $53,930.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$34,670$37,210$45,320$53,930$72,490
Hourly$16.67$17.89$21.79$25.93$34.85

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Rochester metro areathis metro area
    $45,320 median for Rochester metro area; middle half earns $37,210 to $53,930
  • New Yorkstate (NY)
    $55,580 median for New York; middle half earns $47,990 to $73,480
  • $50,160 median for United States; middle half earns $41,950 to $63,060

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −18% vs New York overall and −10% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$21,120$36,560$52,000$67,440Oklahoma City, OK — $21,120San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $23,040Columbia, SC — $31,650Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $33,130Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $34,640New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $35,990El Paso, TX — $37,490Rapid City, SD — $37,990Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $38,000Springfield, MO — $38,050Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $38,220Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $38,430Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $39,780Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $39,810Toledo, OH — $40,770Tucson, AZ — $42,810Green Bay, WI — $42,860Baton Rouge, LA — $43,930Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $44,570North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $44,580Albuquerque, NM — $44,700Minot, ND — $44,740Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $44,950Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $44,970Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $44,980Columbus, OH — $45,100Akron, OH — $45,120Richmond, VA — $45,230Gainesville, FL — $45,300Rochester, NY — $45,320Fresno, CA — $45,440Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $45,740Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $45,750Cleveland, OH — $46,000Tulsa, OK — $46,050Wichita, KS — $46,080Knoxville, TN — $46,450St. Louis, MO-IL — $46,460Springfield, MA — $46,500San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $46,850Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $46,970Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $47,120Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $47,260Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $47,420Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $47,530Pittsburgh, PA — $47,540Anchorage, AK — $47,550Urban Honolulu, HI — $47,580Eugene-Springfield, OR — $47,600Fort Wayne, IN — $47,610Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $47,890Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $47,990Greensboro-High Point, NC — $48,010Ogden, UT — $48,020Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $48,030Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $48,090Ann Arbor, MI — $48,110Boise City, ID — $48,110Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $48,410Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $48,660Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $48,670Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $48,680Lexington-Fayette, KY — $48,720Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $48,880Birmingham, AL — $48,980Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $49,160Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $49,160Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $49,200San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $49,240Syracuse, NY — $49,310Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $49,420Charlottesville, VA — $49,480Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $49,650Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $49,670Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $49,830Worcester, MA — $49,980Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $50,010Port St. Lucie, FL — $50,010Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $50,160Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $50,280Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $50,430Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $50,440Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $50,520Jacksonville, FL — $50,590Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $50,650Madison, WI — $50,660Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $50,720Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $51,760Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $51,800Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $51,980Omaha, NE-IA — $52,060Colorado Springs, CO — $52,870Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $55,260Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $55,260Kansas City, MO-KS — $56,210Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $56,510Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $56,570Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $57,390Naples-Marco Island, FL — $57,720San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $58,000Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $58,030Boulder, CO — $58,050Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $58,140New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $58,430Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $58,690San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $58,760Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $58,860Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $58,880Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $58,890Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $59,090Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $59,140Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $59,370Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $59,820Raleigh-Cary, NC — $59,860Winston-Salem, NC — $60,110Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $60,310Reading, PA — $60,470Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $60,560Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $60,580New Haven, CT — $61,330Bend, OR — $61,570Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $62,870Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $63,400Bozeman, MT — $67,440

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.

The Rochester metro area has the 95th-highest published median for this occupation among the 124 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in New York

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for travel agents, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Rochester metro areathis page
    $45,320 median for Rochester metro area; middle half earns $37,210 to $53,930
  • $58,860 median for Kiryas Joel metro area; middle half earns $45,820 to $72,800
  • $58,430 median for New York metro area; middle half earns $47,990 to $74,970
  • $49,830 median for Buffalo metro area; middle half earns $36,660 to $53,540
  • $49,310 median for Syracuse metro area; middle half earns $44,810 to $63,400
  • $48,090 median for Albany metro area; middle half earns $43,330 to $61,190

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.