Careers / Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$35,070
United States, 2025
Employment
261,420
United States, 2025
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Job Zone 2
Skills identified
35
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Career 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.
- O*NET code
- 43-4081.00
- Job zone
- 2
- Experience required
- None
Typical tasks
- Contact housekeeping or maintenance staff when guests report problems.
- Make and confirm reservations.
- Greet, register, and assign rooms to guests of hotels or motels.
- Verify customers' credit, and establish how the customer will pay for the accommodation.
- Post charges, such as those for rooms, food, liquor, or telephone calls, to ledgers, manually or by using computers.
- Issue room keys and escort instructions to bellhops.
- Advise housekeeping staff when rooms have been vacated and are ready for cleaning.
- Transmit and receive messages, using telephones or telephone switchboards.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$27,120
25th percentile
$29,810
75th percentile
$38,100
90th percentile
$45,470
Most important skills
- Social Perceptiveness3.8
- Speaking3.8
- Service Orientation3.6
- Active Listening3.4
- Coordination3.1
- Reading Comprehension3.0
- Monitoring3.0
- Complex Problem Solving3.0
- Judgment and Decision Making3.0
- Time Management3.0
- Management of Personnel Resources3.0
- Critical Thinking2.9
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 11 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
11
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Orientation | 3.6 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.8 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Speaking | 3.8 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Active Listening | 3.4 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.0 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Coordination | 3.1 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Monitoring | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Time Management | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Management of Personnel Resources | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.0 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.0 | 2.8 | Not selected | 2.8 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kahului, HI | $60,360 | 730 | 2025 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | $59,940 | 1,360 | 2025 |
| HI | $59,110 | 2,810 | 2025 |
| DC | $47,060 | 1,170 | 2025 |
| Burlington, VT | $46,500 | 140 | 2025 |
| San Jose, CA | $45,230 | 1,360 | 2025 |
| VT | $44,940 | 580 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $44,670 | 3,390 | 2025 |
| Seattle, WA | $44,520 | 2,470 | 2025 |
| Napa, CA | $43,950 | 420 | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $43,490 | 8,470 | 2025 |
| Las Vegas, NV | $40,760 | 3,990 | 2025 |
| WA | $40,460 | 5,630 | 2025 |
| Boston, MA | $39,990 | 2,980 | 2025 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $39,620 | 7,830 | 2025 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $39,560 | 530 | 2025 |
| MA | $39,400 | 4,530 | 2025 |
| CA | $39,360 | 27,810 | 2025 |
| Bellingham, WA | $39,140 | 220 | 2025 |
| Bremerton, WA | $39,070 | 120 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.