Career
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
Book tickets and help travelers.
$44,390
Median pay
+2.5%
Job growth, 2025–35
11,800
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
- Make and confirm reservations for transportation and accommodations, using telephones, faxes, mail, and computers.
- Confer with customers to determine their service requirements and travel preferences.
- Prepare customer invoices and accept payment.
- Answer inquiries regarding information, such as schedules, accommodations, procedures, or policies.
- Determine whether space is available on travel dates requested by customers, assigning requested spaces when available.
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 information & systems, then people & care?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Make and confirm reservations for transportation and accommodations, using telephones, faxes, mail, and computers.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Active Listening, Service Orientation, Speaking, Social Perceptiveness.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
No degree beyond high school, though short-term on-the-job training is typical, for a median of $44,390 a year and 11,800 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- NO MATCHCIP 99.9999
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Travel Agents$50,160 · +0.2%
- Flight Attendants$63,580 · +8.8%
- Passenger Attendants$37,720 · +6.0%
- Baggage Porters and Bellhops$37,080 · -3.0%
- Counter and Rental Clerks$41,300 · +3.0%
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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.