Business & Finance
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
Accommodate hotel, motel, and resort patrons by registering and assigning rooms to guests, issuing room keys or cards, transmitting and receiving messages, keeping records of occupied rooms and guests' accounts, making and confirming reservations, and presenting statements to and collecting payments from departing guests.
Median salary
$34,270
Typical range
$27k – $45k
Job outlook
+4% (faster than average)
AI exposure
Plan a path to Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
Education
Typical entry: No degree required
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
Entry / Junior
$26,600
~2 yrs to advance
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
Established
$34,270
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
Senior
$39,495
Key skills
A typical day
- •Greet, register, and assign rooms to guests of hotels or motels.
- •Contact housekeeping or maintenance staff when guests report problems.
- •Issue room keys and escort instructions to bellhops.
- •Make and confirm reservations.
- •Verify customers' credit, and establish how the customer will pay for the accommodation.
Fields of study
Any field
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
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