• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2021

43-4081 Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks

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.

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National estimates for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
Industry profile for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
Geographic profile for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks

National estimates for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
220,380	1.0 %	$ 13.48	$ 28,040	0.4 %

Percentile wage estimates for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 10.31	$ 11.02	$ 13.50	$ 14.28	$ 17.54
Annual Wage (2)	$ 21,440	$ 22,910	$ 28,080	$ 29,700	$ 36,470

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Industry profile for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Traveler Accommodation	200,860	14.61	$ 13.38	$ 27,830
Real Estate	4,720	0.28	$ 16.00	$ 33,290
RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Recreational Camps	3,450	6.21	$ 13.52	$ 28,110
Employment Services	3,370	0.10	$ 13.77	$ 28,650
Other Amusement and Recreation Industries	2,180	0.20	$ 13.00	$ 27,040

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Traveler Accommodation	200,860	14.61	$ 13.38	$ 27,830
RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Recreational Camps	3,450	6.21	$ 13.52	$ 28,110
Rooming and Boarding Houses	450	4.96	$ 13.19	$ 27,430
Gambling Industries	610	0.34	$ 12.68	$ 26,380
Real Estate	4,720	0.28	$ 16.00	$ 33,290

Top paying industries for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Office Administrative Services	(8)	(8)	$ 17.73	$ 36,870
Civic and Social Organizations	60	0.02	$ 17.63	$ 36,660
Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services	390	0.20	$ 16.78	$ 34,890
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,190	0.05	$ 16.03	$ 33,350
Real Estate	4,720	0.28	$ 16.00	$ 33,290

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Geographic profile for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	20,810	1.26	0.80	$ 16.49	$ 34,290
Texas	19,460	1.59	1.02	$ 11.80	$ 24,550
Florida	18,310	2.13	1.36	$ 13.77	$ 28,640
North Carolina	8,460	1.91	1.22	$ 11.95	$ 24,850
Illinois	7,070	1.26	0.80	$ 13.20	$ 27,450

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Montana	2,060	4.37	2.79	$ 12.67	$ 26,340
South Dakota	1,830	4.34	2.77	$ 12.43	$ 25,860
North Dakota	1,590	4.03	2.58	$ 14.39	$ 29,920
Wyoming	1,040	4.01	2.56	$ 13.32	$ 27,710
New Mexico	3,050	3.93	2.51	$ 12.26	$ 25,500

Top paying states for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Hawaii	1,540	2.82	1.80	$ 23.62	$ 49,130
District of Columbia	370	0.56	0.36	$ 21.93	$ 45,620
New York	6,560	0.76	0.48	$ 18.97	$ 39,470
Massachusetts	2,490	0.73	0.47	$ 17.29	$ 35,950
California	20,810	1.26	0.80	$ 16.49	$ 34,290

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	6,040	0.70	0.45	$ 19.17	$ 39,880
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	5,660	0.99	0.63	$ 16.37	$ 34,060
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	4,990	2.03	1.30	$ 14.77	$ 30,730
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	4,670	1.10	0.71	$ 13.62	$ 28,320
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	4,650	1.29	0.83	$ 12.48	$ 25,960
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	3,970	1.37	0.88	$ 12.19	$ 25,350
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	3,390	2.89	1.85	$ 13.40	$ 27,880
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV	3,260	3.55	2.27	$ 14.44	$ 30,030
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	3,150	1.22	0.78	$ 12.74	$ 26,500
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	2,980	1.02	0.65	$ 15.76	$ 32,780

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Ocean City, NJ	570	14.67	9.38	$ 13.81	$ 28,720
Flagstaff, AZ	750	12.94	8.27	$ 14.60	$ 30,360
Rapid City, SD	570	8.54	5.46	$ 12.61	$ 26,230
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC	1,280	7.92	5.06	$ 11.50	$ 23,930
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI	500	7.80	4.99	$ 25.07	$ 52,150
Santa Fe, NM	430	7.62	4.87	$ 13.36	$ 27,780
Brunswick, GA	260	6.33	4.04	$ 11.66	$ 24,240
Prescott, AZ	380	5.92	3.79	$ 14.19	$ 29,520
St. George, UT	430	5.65	3.61	$ 12.29	$ 25,570
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	390	5.26	3.36	$ 11.40	$ 23,720