Highest-paying Cities for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks

The top 100 highest paying cities for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel 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 reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $60,350, Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas is the highest paying city for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks. It is followed by Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia (average annual salary $59,770). 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 reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$60,350	$31,850	100
2	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$59,770	$31,550	5,350
3	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$56,280	$29,760	110
4	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$55,870	$32,250	2,320
5	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$55,040	$28,180	150
6	Lubbock, Texas	$52,870	$16,990	50
7	Huntsville, Alabama	$52,360	$28,020	40
8	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$51,180	$30,230	1,940
9	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$50,430	$31,030	1,570
10	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$49,030	$33,280	5,590
11	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$48,990	$31,700	12,710
12	Salt Lake City, Utah	$48,340	$34,650	2,080
13	Flagstaff, Arizona	$48,270	$28,030	100
14	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$48,000	$30,620	5,520
15	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$47,840	$23,860	40
16	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$47,760	$30,130	490
17	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$47,550	$30,040	30
18	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$47,500	$23,990	1,010
19	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$47,480	$31,230	2,020
20	El Paso, Texas	$46,900	$18,580	130
21	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$46,680	$31,860	200
22	Corpus Christi, Texas	$46,680	$23,390	50
23	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$46,590	$22,540	3,220
24	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$46,220	$31,460	1,670
25	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$45,960	$36,070	1,930
26	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$45,550	$30,330	8,180
27	Rochester, New York	$45,360	$27,460	40
28	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$45,310	$28,270	220
29	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$45,220	$33,610	240
30	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$45,000	$32,780	60
31	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$44,580	$26,230	110
32	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$44,540	$25,460	5,990
33	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$44,450	$19,980	2,000
34	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$44,420	$23,950	2,790
35	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$44,370	$29,470	1,210
36	Amarillo, Texas	$44,080	$20,230	60
37	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$43,750	$23,280	4,970
38	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$43,710	$31,840	40
39	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$43,160	$32,900	130
40	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan	$42,860	$21,320	n/a
41	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$42,790	$34,130	2,680
42	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$42,750	$21,800	40
43	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$41,310	$25,780	920
44	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$41,140	$30,250	100
45	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$40,980	$25,920	610
46	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$40,910	$31,000	300
47	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$40,810	$36,200	220
48	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$40,770	$24,510	4,540
49	Utica-Rome, New York	$40,630	$27,460	40
50	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$40,480	$30,270	290
51	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$40,210	$20,840	210
52	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$40,060	$32,120	410
53	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$39,580	$31,480	620
54	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$39,510	$24,560	7,030
55	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$39,200	$30,310	320
56	Visalia-Porterville, California	$39,020	$18,980	n/a
57	Salinas, California	$39,000	$33,330	60
58	Boulder, Colorado	$38,940	$32,930	40
59	Kansas City, Missouri	$38,880	$28,970	260
60	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$38,850	$30,840	2,340
61	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$38,850	$21,650	30
62	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$38,760	$24,670	110
63	Provo-Orem, Utah	$38,710	$21,550	80
64	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$38,630	$29,940	5,920
65	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$38,570	$22,450	50
66	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$38,550	$31,990	30
67	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$38,550	$29,940	50
68	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$38,530	$26,760	n/a
69	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$38,360	$30,090	120
70	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$38,330	$25,740	1,400
71	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$38,310	$30,650	1,580
72	Charlottesville, Virginia	$38,240	$22,210	70
73	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$38,230	$26,620	90
74	Napa, California	$38,210	$31,570	70
75	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$38,190	$24,160	8,080
76	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$38,130	$30,630	4,170
77	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$38,130	$31,250	40
78	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$38,080	$30,230	650
79	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$38,030	$28,800	180
80	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$38,010	$30,630	70
81	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$37,980	$26,980	170
82	Dayton, Ohio	$37,870	$27,740	100
83	Syracuse, New York	$37,840	$30,850	70
84	Fargo, North Dakota	$37,820	$36,500	40
85	Richmond, Virginia	$37,580	$26,100	140
86	Springfield, Massachusetts	$37,560	$30,670	260
87	St Louis, Missouri	$37,500	$29,130	500
88	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$37,480	$29,540	80
89	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$37,450	$31,450	1,200
90	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$37,450	$37,080	60
91	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$37,380	$20,800	1,510
92	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$37,360	$31,230	90
93	Honolulu, Hawaii	$37,350	$20,130	2,000
94	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$37,330	$29,120	80
95	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$37,310	$27,190	2,340
96	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$37,270	$32,200	7,770
97	Kingston, New York	$37,250	$29,780	40
98	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$37,130	$31,730	50
99	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$37,080	$31,560	700
100	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$37,060	$22,590	2,940

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