# 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.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/reservation-and-transportation-ticket-agents-and-travel-clerks
- SOC code: 43-4181.00
- Career family: Office and administrative support
- Median annual pay: $44,390 (10th percentile $32,140, 90th percentile $78,150)
- Projected growth: As fast as average, +2.5%
- Openings a year: 11,800
- Typical entry education: High school diploma
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code CSE)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 19 |
| Investigative (I) | 0 |
| Artistic (A) | 5 |
| Social (S) | 56 |
| Enterprising (E) | 51 |
| Conventional (C) | 76 |

## What you'd do

- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public (importance 83/100)
- Working with Computers (importance 81/100)
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work (importance 77/100)
- Documenting/Recording Information (importance 76/100)
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge (importance 75/100)
- Communicating with People Outside the Organization (importance 74/100)
- Getting Information (importance 69/100)
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships (importance 68/100)
- Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings (importance 67/100)
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems (importance 66/100)

## Skills

Active Listening, Service Orientation, Speaking, Social Perceptiveness, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Persuasion, Coordination, Judgment and Decision Making, Time Management

## Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service, English Language, Computers and Electronics, Public Safety and Security, Transportation, Geography, Psychology, Foreign Language, Mathematics, Communications and Media

## Also called

Aircraft Agent, Aircraft Cabin Agent, Airline Agent, Airline Reservation Agent, Airline Reservationist, Airline Station Agent, Airline Ticket Agent, Airport Agent, Airport Sales Agent, Auto Club Travel Counselor (Automotive Club Travel Counselor)

## Related careers

- [Travel Agents](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/travel-agents): $50,160 median pay
- [Flight Attendants](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/flight-attendants): $63,580 median pay
- [Passenger Attendants](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/passenger-attendants): $37,720 median pay
- [Baggage Porters and Bellhops](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/baggage-porters-and-bellhops): $37,080 median pay
- [Counter and Rental Clerks](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/counter-and-rental-clerks): $41,300 median pay
- [Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/hotel-motel-and-resort-desk-clerks): $35,070 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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