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Lodging Managers — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$69,250

United States, 2025

Employment

42,620

United States, 2025

Typical education

Bachelor's Degree

Job Zone 4

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that provides lodging and other accommodations.

O*NET code
11-9081.00
Job zone
4
Experience required
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years

Typical tasks

  • Answer inquiries pertaining to hotel policies and services, and resolve occupants' complaints.
  • Participate in financial activities, such as the setting of room rates, the establishment of budgets, and the allocation of funds to departments.
  • Confer and cooperate with other managers to ensure coordination of hotel activities.
  • Greet and register guests.
  • Monitor the revenue activity of the hotel or facility.
  • Manage and maintain temporary or permanent lodging facilities.
  • Train staff members.
  • Observe and monitor staff performance to ensure efficient operations and adherence to facility's policies and procedures.

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Salary analysis — United States

$40,070
10th
$49,530
25th
$69,250
Median
$94,030
75th
$128,880
90th

10th percentile

$40,070

25th percentile

$49,530

75th percentile

$94,030

90th percentile

$128,880

Most important skills

  • Service Orientation4.1
  • Active Listening4.1
  • Social Perceptiveness4.0
  • Speaking4.0
  • Management of Personnel Resources4.0
  • Reading Comprehension3.9
  • Writing3.9
  • Coordination3.9
  • Negotiation3.9
  • Judgment and Decision Making3.8
  • Critical Thinking3.8
  • Monitoring3.8

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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 21 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

21

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

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Service Orientation4.14.1Not selected4.1
Active Listening4.14.0Not selected4.0
Speaking4.04.0Not selected4.0
Management of Personnel Resources4.04.0Not selected4.0
Social Perceptiveness4.03.9Not selected3.9
Writing3.94.0Not selected4.0
Negotiation3.94.0Not selected4.0
Reading Comprehension3.93.9Not selected3.9
Persuasion3.84.0Not selected4.0
Coordination3.93.8Not selected3.8
Critical Thinking3.83.9Not selected3.9
Active Learning3.83.9Not selected3.9
Time Management3.83.9Not selected3.9
Judgment and Decision Making3.83.8Not selected3.8
Monitoring3.83.8Not selected3.8
Instructing3.83.8Not selected3.8
Learning Strategies3.43.6Not selected3.6
Complex Problem Solving3.83.3Not selected3.3
Systems Evaluation3.43.5Not selected3.5
Management of Material Resources3.03.6Not selected3.6
Systems Analysis3.13.0Not selected3.0

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
Seattle, WA$129,2302202025
Urban Honolulu, HI$115,190702025
HI$114,0702002025
NJ$107,7204502025
Kahului, HI$106,940702025
RI$106,6301102025
Atlantic City, NJ$106,0401102025
Burlington, VT$102,180402025
WA$101,3504502025
Napa, CA$100,350802025
Providence, RI$98,3001202025
Boston, MA$97,8602025
Barnstable Town, MA$97,390602025
MA$97,3502025
Denver, CO$96,4703902025
Boulder, CO$95,640402025
San Jose, CA$94,4601902025
New York, NY$94,0301,9102025
Worcester, MA$93,720402025
CO$91,7501,1002025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

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.