Highest-paying Cities for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks

The top 100 highest paying cities for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $58,170, Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii is the highest paying city for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks. It is followed by Urban Honolulu, Hawaii (average annual salary $56,800). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$58,170	$37,190	610
2	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$56,800	$34,660	1,020
3	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$48,920	$37,430	590
4	Honolulu, Hawaii	$39,750	$25,600	1,270
5	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$38,800	$22,730	2,340
6	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$38,520	$36,820	1,100
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$38,090	$36,250	2,940
8	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$37,110	$28,810	400
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$37,030	$34,450	1,830
10	Napa, California	$36,760	$33,970	340
11	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$36,500	$30,610	7,210
12	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$36,440	$33,640	480
13	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$36,160	$29,760	1,180
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$35,530	$30,780	7,290
15	Salinas, California	$35,490	$31,070	730
16	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$35,480	$28,000	130
17	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$35,400	$28,140	440
18	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$35,360	$30,800	2,810
19	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$35,240	$30,980	210
20	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$35,220	$29,020	320
21	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$35,110	$31,520	290
22	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$35,100	$31,320	1,750
23	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$35,020	$31,700	290
24	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$35,010	$30,740	1,930
25	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$34,990	$31,080	1,310
26	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$34,960	$30,610	720
27	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$34,870	$30,630	1,460
28	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$34,840	$30,700	40
29	Danbury, Connecticut	$34,800	$28,230	90
30	New Haven, Connecticut	$34,790	$28,950	220
31	Boulder, Colorado	$34,720	$30,800	180
32	Olympia, Washington	$34,660	$30,710	150
33	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$34,620	$30,390	660
34	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$34,390	$28,180	350
35	Modesto, California	$34,320	$30,590	160
36	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$34,320	$30,220	320
37	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$34,310	$29,350	550
38	Kingston, New York	$34,250	$29,660	200
39	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$34,100	$30,210	2,030
40	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$34,090	$30,500	230
41	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$34,000	$28,140	60
42	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$33,940	$30,580	600
43	Stockton, California	$33,860	$30,120	240
44	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$33,760	$30,570	540
45	Bend, Oregon	$33,700	$29,810	350
46	Salem, Oregon	$33,660	$29,310	210
47	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$33,630	$31,240	130
48	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$33,580	$28,930	230
49	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$33,540	$28,120	270
50	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$33,530	$30,590	380
51	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$33,440	$29,080	340
52	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$33,400	$29,220	1,690
53	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$33,340	$29,210	520
54	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$33,300	$30,720	520
55	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$33,130	$30,960	100
56	Spokane, Washington	$33,050	$30,140	400
57	Springfield, Massachusetts	$33,040	$28,950	310
58	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$32,650	$30,770	300
59	Worcester, Massachusetts	$32,450	$30,220	160
60	Merced, California	$32,240	$29,900	90
61	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$32,180	$29,920	100
62	Longview, Washington	$32,020	$30,580	80
63	Albany, Oregon	$32,020	$29,150	60
64	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$31,940	$28,320	3,630
65	Bellingham, Washington	$31,900	$30,300	200
66	Visalia-Porterville, California	$31,840	$29,260	190
67	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$31,810	$30,480	230
68	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$31,670	$29,220	480
69	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$31,590	$19,420	4,970
70	Medford, Oregon	$31,560	$28,390	260
71	Grants Pass, Oregon	$31,510	$29,080	100
72	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$31,510	$27,040	120
73	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$31,500	$30,060	120
74	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$31,350	$26,590	3,630
75	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$31,130	$28,660	340
76	Ithaca, New York	$31,130	$28,810	80
77	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$31,080	$28,810	280
78	Yakima, Washington	$31,020	$30,310	140
79	Yuba City, California	$30,990	$30,000	70
80	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$30,950	$27,800	320
81	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$30,920	$26,980	1,080
82	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$30,900	$28,030	140
83	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$30,840	$27,450	280
84	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$30,830	$28,440	40
85	Walla Walla, Washington	$30,780	$30,140	60
86	Fresno, California	$30,740	$29,130	330
87	Syracuse, New York	$30,740	$28,660	340
88	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$30,710	$28,410	2,850
89	Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$30,710	$27,900	190
90	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$30,640	$29,450	390
91	Redding, California	$30,580	$29,120	180
92	Flagstaff, Arizona	$30,570	$28,900	710
93	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$30,530	$24,670	5,130
94	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$30,490	$26,940	200
95	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$30,480	$26,440	50
96	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$30,450	$29,730	690
97	Chico, California	$30,450	$29,690	110
98	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$30,420	$28,930	510
99	Utica-Rome, New York	$30,350	$27,700	160
100	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$30,340	$24,370	390

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