Hotel And Motel Managers: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

Hotel And Motel Managers

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 71,000 jobs for people working as hotel and motel managers. People pursuing jobs in this occupation should expect a very low overall unemployment rate.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Government survey data shows that 9% of employees work fewer than 40 hours per week. Some 53% of hotel and motel managers work primarily as a consultant.

Training and Education

Having work experience in a related occupation may make it easier to find a job. Employees with a bachelor's degree or higher are 45% of the total. About 32% of hotel and motel managers have some college education, but do not have a degree. High school was all the education required by 23% of workers to get a job. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Cities with few jobs per capita for employees are Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Detroit (Michigan), and Warren (Michigan). The most jobs are found in Ocean City (New Jersey), Flagstaff (Arizona), and Brunswick (Georgia).

Within the US, the highest salaries for hotel and motel managers are found in New York (New York), El Paso (Texas), and Bethesda (Maryland), and the lowest are found in Kingman (Arizona), Hanford (California), and Sandusky (Ohio).

Hotel And Motel Managers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Hotel And Motel Managers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Hotel And Motel Managers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Hotel And Motel Managers are starred .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Birmingham	110	$45,860	1.1
Alabama	Dothan	30	$40,370	2.9
Alabama	Mobile	40	$43,350	1.2
Alabama	Montgomery	40	$40,150	1.3
Alaska	Anchorage	70	$49,180	2.3
Arizona	Flagstaff	100	$57,200	10.7
Arizona	Kingman	30	$31,830	3.5
Arizona	Phoenix	390	$53,090	1.1
Arizona	Prescott	60	$47,740	5.6
Arizona	Tucson	140	$48,030	2
Arizona	Yuma	50	$41,770	4.8
Arkansas	Fayetteville	80	$34,650	2.2
Arkansas	Hot Springs	40	$39,570	6.6
Arkansas	Little Rock	90	$41,650	1.4
California	Bakersfield	80	$37,870	1.6
California	Fresno	40	$48,330	0.6
California	Hanford	30	$30,570	6.5
California	Napa	50	$56,770	4.5
California	Oakland	220	$50,460	1.1
California	Oxnard	90	$48,620	1.6
California	Riverside	330	$53,180	1.3
California	Sacramento	200	$58,250	1.2
California	Salinas	190	$50,360	6.7
California	San Diego	490	$57,160	1.9
California	San Francisco	510	$49,990	2.6
California	San Jose	240	$58,730	1.3
California	San Luis Obispo	70	$53,660	3.9
California	Santa Ana	420	$61,390	1.4
California	Santa Barbara	90	$63,080	2.9
California	Santa Cruz	30	$42,270	1.9
California	Santa Rosa	70	$64,640	2
Colorado	Colorado Springs	70	$44,680	1.5
Colorado	Denver	230	$60,920	0.9
Connecticut	Bridgeport	60	$56,220	0.7
Connecticut	Danbury	30	$54,790	2.4
Connecticut	Hartford	70	$54,780	0.6
Connecticut	New Haven	30	$47,150	0.6
Connecticut	Norwich	50	$57,610	2.2
Delaware	Wilmington	50	$59,040	0.8
District of Columbia	Washington	550	$67,820	1.2
Florida	Cape Coral	80	$51,760	2
Florida	Deltona	60	$54,810	2.1
Florida	Gainesville	30	$53,420	1.4
Florida	Jacksonville	110	$61,830	0.9
Florida	Miami	290	$70,390	1.5
Florida	Naples	50	$60,870	2.3
Florida	Orlando	390	$66,530	1.9
Florida	Palm Bay	50		1.4
Florida	Panama City	30	$65,150	2.5
Florida	Sarasota	50	$68,930	1
Florida	Tallahassee	40	$46,980	1.3
Florida	Tampa	270	$54,500	1.1
Florida	West Palm Beach	100	$73,180	1
Georgia	Atlanta	530	$49,530	1.1
Georgia	Augusta	30	$50,970	0.8
Georgia	Brunswick	50	$39,910	7.1
Georgia	Savannah	80	$47,590	2.9
Hawaii	Honolulu	150	$58,880	1.8
Idaho	Boise	40	$51,950	0.8
Illinois	Champaign	40	$33,110	2.4
Illinois	Chicago	620	$52,520	0.8
Illinois	Springfield	40	$53,200	2.2
Indiana	Evansville	40	$35,630	1.2
Indiana	Fort Wayne	30	$36,600	0.8
Indiana	Indianapolis	120	$46,340	0.7
Iowa	Davenport	40	$49,350	1.2
Iowa	Des Moines	90	$38,490	1.4
Iowa	Iowa City	40	$43,570	3.2
Kansas	Wichita	40	$34,800	0.7
Kentucky	Lexington	110	$46,900	2.4
Kentucky	Louisville	130	$53,910	1.1
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	40	$49,980	0.6
Louisiana	Lafayette	30	$35,760	1.1
Louisiana	Lake Charles	40	$50,650	2.6
Louisiana	New Orleans	190	$48,790	1.9
Maine	Portland	120	$59,970	3.2
Maryland	Baltimore	250	$64,020	1
Maryland	Bethesda	90	$91,370	0.8
Massachusetts	Boston	280	$62,130	0.8
Massachusetts	Springfield	60	$52,170	1.1
Massachusetts	Worcester	40	$62,880	0.9
Michigan	Detroit	60	$65,970	0.4
Michigan	Lansing	60	$45,990	1.7
Michigan	Warren	70	$51,170	0.3
Minnesota	Minneapolis	320	$46,940	0.9
Minnesota	Rochester	40	$47,310	2.4
Mississippi	Gulfport	60	$48,410	3.1
Mississippi	Jackson	90	$41,000	1.9
Missouri	Kansas City	150	$52,980	0.7
Missouri	St Louis	190	$53,270	0.7
Nebraska	Lincoln	30	$43,050	1
Nebraska	Omaha	80	$47,040	0.9
Nevada	Las Vegas	340	$70,480	1.9
Nevada	Reno	50	$80,010	1.3
New Jersey	Atlantic City	80	$66,690	2.9
New Jersey	Camden	70	$48,480	0.7
New Jersey	Edison	160	$73,260	0.8
New Jersey	Newark	170	$72,300	0.9
New Jersey	Ocean City	120	$42,180	17.5
New Mexico	Albuquerque	90	$49,010	1.2
New York	Albany	50	$53,310	0.6
New York	Buffalo	70	$58,720	0.7
New York	Nassau	120	$59,860	0.5
New York	New York	650	$79,490	0.7
New York	Poughkeepsie	50	$46,930	1.1
New York	Rochester	70	$60,190	0.7
North Carolina	Asheville	110	$43,290	3.3
North Carolina	Charlotte	400	$47,940	2.3
North Carolina	Durham	140	$46,700	2.7
North Carolina	Fayetteville	50	$40,040	2.3
North Carolina	Greensboro	110	$41,570	1.5
North Carolina	Raleigh	200	$52,750	2
North Carolina	Rocky Mount	30	$45,510	3
North Carolina	Wilmington	80	$45,060	3
North Carolina	Winston Salem	70	$39,080	1.7
North Dakota	Fargo	60	$38,390	2.9
Ohio	Akron	60	$39,350	0.9
Ohio	Canton	40	$44,030	1.2
Ohio	Cincinnati	180	$59,930	0.9
Ohio	Cleveland	140	$54,120	0.7
Ohio	Columbus	200	$57,630	1.1
Ohio	Dayton	70	$40,050	0.9
Ohio	Sandusky	40	$32,260	7
Ohio	Toledo	50	$43,740	0.8
Ohio	Youngstown	40	$41,120	0.9
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	120	$34,970	1.1
Oklahoma	Tulsa	50	$46,470	0.6
Oregon	Bend	50	$44,550	4.2
Oregon	Eugene	40	$51,760	1.5
Oregon	Medford	50	$38,500	3.4
Oregon	Portland	260	$56,110	1.3
Pennsylvania	Allentown	80	$50,730	1.2
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	110	$53,380	1.8
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	60	$42,320	1.3
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	200	$62,120	0.5
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	120	$47,470	0.5
Pennsylvania	Scranton	50	$49,710	1
Pennsylvania	State College	40	$46,860	4.2
Rhode Island	Providence	120	$54,530	1.1
South Carolina	Charleston	120	$57,930	2.2
South Carolina	Columbia	80	$42,140	1.2
South Carolina	Greenville	70	$59,980	1.2
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	140	$47,980	6.5
South Dakota	Rapid City	50	$43,060	4.6
Tennessee	Chattanooga	70	$35,340	1.6
Tennessee	Knoxville	140	$49,990	2.2
Tennessee	Memphis	150	$44,550	1.2
Tennessee	Nashville	260	$40,510	1.8
Texas	Amarillo	30		1.7
Texas	Austin	140	$57,850	0.9
Texas	Brownsville	40	$37,910	1.8
Texas	College Station	50	$39,570	3.7
Texas	Corpus Christi	60	$42,490	1.8
Texas	Dallas	280	$71,720	0.7
Texas	El Paso	40	$111,470	0.8
Texas	Fort Worth	250	$53,410	1.5
Texas	Houston	510	$62,850	1
Texas	Lubbock	40	$50,010	1.8
Texas	Mcallen	50	$51,290	1.2
Texas	San Antonio	250	$55,780	1.5
Utah	Salt Lake City	140	$63,780	1.2
Virginia	Charlottesville	40	$42,520	2.4
Virginia	Richmond	70	$70,520	0.6
Virginia	Virginia Beach	250	$59,170	1.7
Washington	Seattle	260	$74,280	0.9
Washington	Spokane	40	$78,650	1
Washington	Tacoma	30	$69,090	0.6
West Virginia	Charleston	30	$66,120	1.1
Wisconsin	Green Bay	60	$45,130	1.9
Wisconsin	Madison	40	$54,110	0.6
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	80	$52,750	0.5

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