Travel Agents
Hospitality and TourismO*NET 41-3041.00United States
Plan and sell transportation and accommodations for customers. Determine destination, modes of transportation, travel dates, costs, and accommodations required.
- Median annual earnings
- $47,958
- Projected change
- +8.1%
- Typical education
- Associate degree
- Employment
- 71.17K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
37.3% of the workforce
Growing to 76.94K by 2035
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The work
What travel agents do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Collect payment for transportation and accommodations from customer.
- Converse with customer to determine destination, mode of transportation, travel dates, financial considerations, and accommodations required.
- Compute cost of travel and accommodations, using calculator, computer, carrier tariff books, and hotel rate books, or quote package tour's costs.
- Plan, describe, arrange, and sell itinerary tour packages and promotional travel incentives offered by various travel carriers.
- Record and maintain information on clients, vendors, and travel packages.
- Book transportation and hotel reservations, using computer or telephone.
- Print or request transportation carrier tickets, using computer printer system or system link to travel carrier.
- Provide customer with brochures and publications containing travel information, such as local customs, points of interest, or foreign country regulations.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $28,480
- 25th percentile
- $36,687
- 50th percentile
- $47,958
- 75th percentile
- $68,691
- 90th percentile
- $106,944
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $47,958 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+8.1%faster than average
202571,168 jobs
2035 projected76,939 jobs
5,771 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- Associate degree
- 37.3%
- High school diploma or less
- 30.8%
- Bachelor's degree
- 14.4%
- Certificate
- 11.5%
- Some college
- 6.1%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Mathematics
- Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Travel Consultants679 postings
- 02Travel Agents502 postings
- 03Travel Coordinators403 postings
- 04Corporate Travel Consultants243 postings
- 05VIP Travel Consultants164 postings
- 06Government Consultants151 postings
- 07Experience Consultants131 postings
- 08Travel Counselors113 postings
- 09Specialized Corporate Travel Counselors100 postings
- 10Travel Specialists83 postings
- 11Administrative Assistants/Travel Coordinators78 postings
- 12Travel and Events Coordinators76 postings
- 13Leisure Travel Agents75 postings
- 14Safety Coordinators68 postings
- 15Commissioning Agents67 postings
- 16Travel Managers62 postings
- 17Tour Coordinators60 postings
- 18Evaluation Coordinators54 postings
- 19Principals52 postings
- 20Travel Sales Agents50 postings
Top employers
- 01Amex GBT616 postings
- 02ADTRAV477 postings
- 03AAA320 postings
- 04Kim Luxe Travel67 postings
- 05Olsson67 postings
- 06Voyage Health & Healing67 postings
- 07Team Linx56 postings
- 08Maximus55 postings
- 09Accenture53 postings
- 10Capital One53 postings
- 11New York Technology Partners51 postings
- 12Intermountain Health49 postings
- 13Exciting Travel Now46 postings
- 14SolomonEdwards44 postings
- 15Flight Centre Travel Group42 postings
- 16BCD Travel41 postings
- 17Crowe38 postings
- 18Internova Travel Group38 postings
- 19Hilton Grand Vacations29 postings
- 20Omega World Travel28 postings
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