HOTELS & TOURISM / SALARY
UNITED STATES

SALARY SURVEYS

165

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September 2023
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$60,768 USD

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$66,599 USD

$22,000 USD

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Average salary for Hotels & Tourism / United States is $60,768 USD per year. The most typical earning is $22,000 USD. All data are based on 165 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of $73,300 USD. Women receive a salary of $53,600 USD.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of $175,000 USD. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of $69,900 USD.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of $86,100 USD. Employees with 12-16 Years of experience receive $79,300 USD.

Levels / Hotels & Tourism / United States (Gross USD)

Salary Levels (USD) per Year	Surveys	[%]
$10,000 USD - $14,999 USD	0	n/a
$15,000 USD - $19,999 USD	2	100% 1.21%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
$20,000 USD - $24,999 USD	15	98.79% 9.09%
$25,000 USD - $29,999 USD	9	89.7% 5.45%
$30,000 USD - $34,999 USD	14	84.24% 8.48%
$35,000 USD - $39,999 USD	11	75.76% 6.67%
$40,000 USD - $44,999 USD	11	69.09% 6.67%
$45,000 USD - $49,999 USD	12	62.42% 7.27%
$50,000 USD - $54,999 USD	10	55.15% 6.06%
$55,000 USD - $59,999 USD	10	49.09% 6.06%
$60,000 USD - $64,999 USD	13	43.03% 7.88%
$65,000 USD - $69,999 USD	13	35.15% 7.88%
$70,000 USD - $74,999 USD	10	27.27% 6.06%
$75,000 USD - $79,999 USD	6	21.21% 3.64%
$80,000 USD - $84,999 USD	3	17.58% 1.82%
$85,000 USD - $89,999 USD	4	15.76% 2.42%
$90,000 USD - $94,999 USD	4	13.33% 2.42%
$95,000 USD - $99,999 USD	1	10.91% 0.61%
$100,000 USD - $104,999 USD	1	10.3% 0.61%
$105,000 USD - $109,999 USD	2	9.7% 1.21%
$110,000 USD - $114,999 USD	0	n/a
$115,000 USD - $119,999 USD	0	n/a
$120,000 USD - $124,999 USD	1	8.48% 0.61%
$125,000 USD - $129,999 USD	3	7.88% 1.82%
$130,000 USD - $134,999 USD	2	6.06% 1.21%
$135,000 USD - $139,999 USD	0	n/a
$140,000 USD - $144,999 USD	0	n/a
$145,000 USD - $149,999 USD	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
$150,000 USD - $159,999 USD	1	4.85% 0.61%
$160,000 USD - $169,999 USD	0	n/a
$170,000 USD - $179,999 USD	1	4.24% 0.61%
$180,000 USD - $189,999 USD	3	3.64% 1.82%
$190,000 USD - $199,999 USD	0	n/a
$200,000 USD - $209,999 USD	1	1.82% 0.61%
$210,000 USD - $219,999 USD	1	1.21% 0.61%
$220,000 USD - $229,999 USD	0	n/a
$230,000 USD - $239,999 USD	0	n/a
$240,000 USD - $249,999 USD	0	n/a
$250,000 USD - $349,999 USD	1	0.61% 0.61%

Gender / Hotels & Tourism / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	70	$73,300 USD
2	Women	64	$53,600 USD

Education / Hotels & Tourism / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	1	$175,000 USD
2	Bachelors Degree	73	$69,900 USD
3	Masters Degree	17	$67,800 USD
4	Some College	52	$52,900 USD
5	High School	20	$39,500 USD
6	Bellow H. School	2	$26,000 USD

Experience / Hotels & Tourism / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	35	$86,100 USD
2	12-16 Years	10	$79,300 USD
3	16-20 Years	19	$71,900 USD
4	8-12 Years	22	$64,100 USD
5	2-4 Years	18	$47,100 USD
6	4-8 Years	24	$44,900 USD
7	1-2 Years	16	$41,200 USD
8	0-1 Year	21	$40,900 USD

Age / Hotels & Tourism / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	66-70	1	$150,000 USD
2	51-55	11	$97,500 USD
3	46-50	16	$89,500 USD
4	56-60	4	$86,300 USD
5	61-65	6	$84,700 USD
6	41-45	11	$75,200 USD
7	36-40	15	$64,500 USD
8	31-35	16	$56,400 USD
9	26-30	28	$50,700 USD
10	n/a	31	$47,200 USD
11	14-20	5	$36,800 USD
12	21-25	21	$35,900 USD

Work Type / Hotels & Tourism / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	10	$76,000 USD
2	Contract	11	$66,500 USD
3	Permanent	137	$60,100 USD
4	Part Time	7	$42,700 USD

States / Hotels & Tourism / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Mississippi	2	$121,000 USD
2	Ohio	2	$93,700 USD
3	District Of Columbia (DC)	9	$89,700 USD
4	Illinois	4	$84,500 USD
5	Minnesota	4	$81,000 USD
6	Georgia	5	$80,000 USD
7	Florida	18	$76,600 USD
8	Massachusetts	5	$63,800 USD
9	Washington State	5	$63,800 USD
10	North Carolina	1	$62,000 USD
11	New York State	11	$61,000 USD
12	Vermont	1	$60,000 USD
13	Maryland	2	$57,600 USD
14	Nevada	7	$57,200 USD
15	Missouri	2	$56,400 USD
16	Arizona	3	$56,000 USD
17	Colorado	5	$55,200 USD
18	California	28	$53,000 USD
19	Wisconsin	1	$52,000 USD
20	New Mexico	3	$51,700 USD
21	Texas	8	$50,300 USD
22	Hawaii	8	$49,000 USD
23	Kansas	1	$49,000 USD
24	Pennsylvania	4	$48,500 USD
25	Montana	2	$48,500 USD
26	Indiana	1	$48,000 USD
27	Louisiana	3	$45,700 USD
28	Utah	5	$45,000 USD
29	Michigan	2	$35,000 USD
30	Oregon	1	$31,000 USD
31	Tennessee	1	$28,800 USD
32	Nebraska	2	$27,000 USD
33	South Carolina	2	$20,000 USD

Cities / Hotels & Tourism / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Cincinnati	1	$125,000 USD
2	Jackson	2	$121,000 USD
3	Fort Lauderdale	3	$108,300 USD
4	Miami	8	$94,900 USD
5	Irving	1	$90,000 USD
6	Washington DC	9	$89,700 USD
7	Minneapolis	3	$87,300 USD
8	Chicago	4	$84,500 USD
9	Atlanta	5	$80,000 USD
10	Colorado Springs	1	$80,000 USD
11	Seattle	3	$76,000 USD
12	San Antonio	1	$72,000 USD
13	Ontario	1	$72,000 USD
14	Houston	2	$71,500 USD
15	New York City	9	$66,600 USD
16	Phoenix	2	$65,000 USD
17	Boston	5	$63,800 USD
18	San Diego	3	$63,300 USD
19	Columbus	1	$62,400 USD
20	St. Paul	1	$62,000 USD
21	Raleigh	1	$62,000 USD
22	Los Angeles	11	$61,000 USD
23	Burlington, Vermont	1	$60,000 USD
24	Irvine	1	$60,000 USD
25	Baltimore	2	$57,600 USD
26	Las Vegas	7	$57,200 USD
27	Kansas City	2	$56,400 USD
28	--Other--	7	$55,100 USD
29	Rochester	1	$52,000 USD
30	Milwaukee	1	$52,000 USD
31	Albuquerque	3	$51,700 USD
32	Detroit	1	$50,000 USD
33	Honolulu	8	$49,000 USD
34	Denver	4	$49,000 USD
35	Overland Park	1	$49,000 USD
36	Philadelphia	4	$48,500 USD
37	Billings, Montana	2	$48,500 USD
38	Spokane	1	$48,000 USD
39	New Orleans	2	$46,500 USD
40	Tampa	3	$46,000 USD
41	San Jose	1	$45,600 USD
42	Salt Lake City	5	$45,000 USD
43	San Francisco	8	$44,500 USD
44	Baton Rouge	1	$44,000 USD
45	Tacoma	1	$43,000 USD
46	Huntington Beach	1	$40,000 USD
47	Orlando	4	$39,200 USD
48	Tucson	1	$38,000 USD
49	Portland, Oregon	1	$31,000 USD
50	Bakersfield	1	$30,000 USD
51	Knoxville	1	$28,800 USD
52	Omaha	2	$27,000 USD
53	Dallas	3	$25,100 USD
54	Arlington	1	$22,000 USD
55	Columbia, South Carolina	2	$20,000 USD
56	Grand Rapids	1	$20,000 USD
57	Buffalo, United States	1	$20,000 USD
58	Anaheim	1	$20,000 USD

Careers / Hotels & Tourism / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Hotel Manager	71	$74,500 USD
2	Other Tourism Career	40	$64,700 USD
3	Tourism and Travel	14	$56,900 USD
4	Tourist Office Lead	2	$45,000 USD
5	Tourist Guide	6	$42,200 USD
6	Travel Coordinator	9	$40,500 USD
7	Tourist Office Info Employee	1	$31,000 USD
8	Receptionist	19	$28,700 USD
9	Chambermaid	3	$23,700 USD

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Restauranteur

Posted 17 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cooking."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Burlington, Vermont	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	$60,000 USD

Front Desk Agent

Posted 12 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Check in guests."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Knoxville	Some College	2-4 Years	Intermediate	$28,800 USD

Recepcionista

Posted 21 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Atender gente."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Some College	8-12 Years	Advanced	$75,000 USD

Operations Supervisor

Posted 09 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"A/P, Payroll, Scheduling, Reservations, Sales, Customer Service."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Washington DC	Some College	2-4 Years	Intermediate	$36,000 USD

Experience Acquisition Intern

Posted 08 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Travel
Luxury Hospitality."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Denver	Some College	1-2 Years	Advanced	$30,000 USD

Program Manager

Posted 18 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Plan trips."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Salt Lake City	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	$60,000 USD

Front Office Manager

Posted 21 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Schedule, guest survey responses, overseeing all front desk agents, problem resolution, accounting, AR, Etc. during pandemic i was doing all general manager duties aswell."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	High School	4-8 Years	n/a	$45,600 USD

Chief Engineer

Posted 14 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"CPO, schedule, manage staff, perform maintenance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Francisco	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	$65,000 USD

Casino Dealer

Posted 30 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Deal card games at a casino."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Detroit	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	$50,000 USD

Customer Experience Agent

Posted 25 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Answering phones."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Portland, Oregon	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$31,000 USD

F&b Manager

Posted 20 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Daily operations of F&B department."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Las Vegas	Some College	16-20 Years	n/a	$52,000 USD

Travel Coordinator

Posted 23 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Event planning and working with travel budgets, and vouchers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
New Orleans	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	$63,000 USD

General Manager

Posted 25 April 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Running a large hotel downtown."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Atlanta	Doctorate Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$175,000 USD

Director Of Rooms

Posted 18 October 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Responsible for the success and profitability of front office and housekeeping."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Boston	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$85,000 USD

Manager

Posted 22 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Overseeing all aspects of hotel management, customer relations, safety, communications, finances, food and beverage provision and safety, etc."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Baton Rouge	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$44,000 USD

General Manager Tourism Developing Co.

Posted 08 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Over 35 years with Marriott Hotels including Ritz Carlton Hotels (22 years in USA, 5 in Saudi Arabia, 4 in Oman 4 in Egypt) > I did work as a general manager for five stars hotels five times."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Washington DC	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$86,000 USD

Feasibility

Posted 14 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Underwrite new hotels including building proformas and contract valuations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$100,000 USD

Director Of Revenue

Posted 23 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage rates for 2 properties."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Philadelphia	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	$70,000 USD

Housekeeper

Posted 03 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Clean and Make up Rooms."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Philadelphia	High School	1-2 Years	n/a	$29,000 USD

General Manager

Posted 16 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage hotel on a day to day basis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Boston	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$85,000 USD

Bar Manager

Posted 02 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Scheduling menu development guest satisfaction."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Boston	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$54,000 USD

Research Analyst

Posted 17 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Market Research, Industry trends, advertising strategies."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Philadelphia	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	$60,000 USD

Maintenance

Posted 08 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Maintaining resort property."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	High School	20+ Years	n/a	$35,000 USD

Chief Engineer

Posted 10 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Hotel chief engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Baltimore	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	$78,600 USD

General Manager

Posted 25 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Convention center GM."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Houston	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	$125,000 USD

Guest Services

Posted 27 August 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Hotel front desk agent, check in guest, accept payment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Columbia, South Carolina	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	$20,000 USD

Corporate Travel Agent

Posted 16 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Book Corporate Travel."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Los Angeles	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$43,700 USD

Food And Beverage Manager

Posted 13 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Overall maintenance of f and b operations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Honolulu	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$70,000 USD

Reception

Posted 21 June 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Reception at front desk."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Salt Lake City	Bellow H. School	1-2 Years	n/a	$30,000 USD

General Manager

Posted 14 June 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage all aspects of hotel."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Washington DC	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$186,000 USD

Executive Administrative Assistant

Posted 13 June 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Assist in day to day operations with the GM. Reports, Property Improvement Plans (ordering new FF&A), obtaining bids, HR assistance in several ways, in charge of timekeeping, assist with payroll, invoicing and purchase orders, implementing new activities for guests."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Orlando	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	$26,700 USD

Food And Beverage Manager

Posted 09 January 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Assistant Food and beverage manager at upscale hotel."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Miami	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$45,000 USD

Pastry Cook

Posted 28 November 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Prepare pastries for banquets, room service, and restaurants. Plated desserts, breads, breakfast pastries. Provide inventory."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
New York City	Some College	2-4 Years	n/a	$50,100 USD

Casino

Posted 15 November 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Table games dealer and dual rate dealer-floor supervisor."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tampa	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	$70,000 USD

Program Director

Posted 11 November 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Oversee tour operations at a tour operator."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Washington DC	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$70,000 USD

Front Desk Manager

Posted 18 October 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"In charge of daily activities such as check in and check out."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
New York City	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	$25,000 USD

Director Operations

Posted 23 August 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Overall management of hotel operation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Fort Lauderdale	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$185,000 USD

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