Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks Salary in the US
A hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks earns a national median of $35,070 a year (mean $35,550) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #808 of 825.
How much does a hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks earn in the US?
A hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks in the United States earns a median of $35,070 a year (mean $35,550), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 31% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 261,420 people work in this occupation (SOC 43-4081), ranked #808 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$35,070
per year
Mean
$35,550
per year
Employment
261,420
US workers
National rank
#808
of 825 by median
What a hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks (SOC 43-4081) earns a median annual wage of $35,070 and a mean (average) of $35,550. The median is the midpoint — half of hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks earn more and half earn less — and is 31% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks is $35,070, and the mean (average) is $35,550. The median is the midpoint — half of hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks earn more and half earn less.
- How does hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks pay compare to the US average?
- At $35,070, a hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks earns 31% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 261,420 hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks employed nationally (SOC 43-4081), across all industries.
- Where does this hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 43-4081. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 43-4081 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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