Career
Concierges
Help hotel and building guests with whatever they need.
$38,950
Median pay
+2.6%
Job growth, 2025–35
6,900
Openings a year
High school diploma or equivalent
Typical education
None required
Typical time after high school
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- Provide information about local features, such as shopping, dining, nightlife, or recreational destinations.
- Make reservations for patrons, such as for dinner, spa treatments, or golf tee times, and obtain tickets to special events.
- Provide directions to guests.
- Order flowers for guests.
- Make travel arrangements for sightseeing or other tours.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on people & care, then persuasion & leadership?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Provide information about local features, such as shopping, dining, nightlife, or recreational destinations.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, Service Orientation.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
No degree beyond high school, though moderate-term on-the-job training is typical, for a median of $38,950 a year and 6,900 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services, OtherCIP 12.9999
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,070 · +1.8%
- Baggage Porters and Bellhops$37,080 · -3.0%
- Counter and Rental Clerks$41,300 · +3.0%
- Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$44,390 · +2.5%
- Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants$36,300 · +6.4%
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.