Business & Finance
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
Make and confirm reservations for transportation or lodging, or sell transportation tickets. May check baggage and direct passengers to designated concourse, pier, or track; deliver tickets and contact individuals and groups to inform them of package tours; or provide tourists with travel or transportation information.
Median salary
$41,460
Typical range
$35k – $75k
Job outlook
+3% (about average)
AI exposure
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Education
Typical entry: No degree required
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Junior Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
Entry / Junior
$34,550
~2 yrs to advance
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
Established
$41,460
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
Senior
$58,255
Key skills
A typical day
- •Examine passenger documentation to determine destinations and to assign boarding passes.
- •Trace lost, delayed, or misdirected baggage for customers.
- •Check baggage and cargo and direct passengers to designated locations for loading.
- •Provide boarding or disembarking assistance to passengers needing special assistance.
- •Confer with customers to determine their service requirements and travel preferences.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Business & Finance
Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
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