Travel Agents: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 101,000 for travel agents in the US. For this occupation the level of unemployment is relatively low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Of those surveyed, 20% of employees work part-time. Approximately 13% of travel agents work for themselves.

Training and Education

Prior to starting this profession, consider obtaining a postsecondary vocational award. Government data shows that 26% of employees have a bachelor's degree or higher. Those who have gone to college, but don't have a degree make up 49% of travel agents. For 25% of workers a high-school education was all they required. 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

The cities with the most employees jobs, compared to the population, are Orlando (Florida), Miami (Florida), and Kingman (Arizona). Fewer are found in Fayetteville (Arkansas), Corpus Christi (Texas), and McAllen (Texas).

Travel agents earn higher incomes in San Jose (California), Trenton (New Jersey), and Santa Barbara (California), and lower incomes in Bend (Oregon), Gainesville (Florida), and Sarasota (Florida).

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Travel Agents: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Travel Agents, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Travel Agents 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 Travel Agents are starred .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Birmingham	170	$34,770	0.5
Alabama	Huntsville	110	$32,710	0.9
Alabama	Mobile	60	$32,890	0.5
Alaska	Anchorage	220	$34,320	2.3
Arizona	Kingman	90	$25,240	3.2
Arizona	Phoenix	1,800	$33,270	1.5
Arizona	Tucson	90	$27,110	0.4
Arkansas	Fayetteville	40	$30,200	0.3
Arkansas	Little Rock	90	$26,930	0.4
California	Bakersfield	110	$31,030	0.7
California	Fresno	70	$25,360	0.3
California	Modesto	40	$37,950	0.4
California	Oakland	600	$36,930	0.9
California	Oxnard	140	$36,130	0.8
California	Riverside	430	$33,160	0.5
California	Sacramento	400	$35,170	0.7
California	Salinas	80	$31,930	0.9
California	San Diego	530	$36,820	0.6
California	San Francisco	1,110	$36,930	1.7
California	San Jose	760	$41,020	1.3
California	San Luis Obispo	100	$31,150	1.7
California	Santa Ana	1,050	$36,700	1.1
California	Santa Barbara	110	$42,140	1.1
California	Santa Rosa	90	$35,860	0.8
California	Stockton	80	$29,930	0.6
California	Vallejo	40	$31,430	0.6
California	Visalia	30	$23,280	0.4
Colorado	Boulder	220	$38,950	2.3
Colorado	Colorado Springs	150	$29,920	1
Colorado	Denver	850	$36,280	1.1
Colorado	Fort Collins	100	$32,590	1.4
Connecticut	Bridgeport	460	$28,290	1.7
Connecticut	Danbury	40	$40,570	1
Connecticut	Hartford	240	$30,160	0.7
Connecticut	New Haven	110	$31,480	0.6
Connecticut	Norwich	40	$34,340	0.5
Connecticut	Waterbury	50	$33,850	1.3
Delaware	Wilmington	130	$30,490	0.6
District of Columbia	Washington	1,670	$44,010	1.1
Florida	Cape Coral	120	$28,420	0.9
Florida	Deltona	190	$26,760	2
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	1,190	$27,750	2.6
Florida	Fort Walton Beach	100	$31,970	2.3
Florida	Gainesville	50	$27,130	0.7
Florida	Jacksonville	470	$32,690	1.2
Florida	Miami	2,040	$26,770	3.2
Florida	Naples	90	$29,830	1.3
Florida	Orlando	2,380	$28,290	3.6
Florida	Palm Bay	120	$30,750	1
Florida	Pensacola	200	$24,380	2.2
Florida	Port St Lucie	120	$26,520	1.6
Florida	Sarasota	390	$19,880	2.4
Florida	Sebastian	30	$28,270	1.1
Florida	Tallahassee	50	$25,730	0.5
Florida	Tampa	1,230	$26,320	1.6
Florida	West Palm Beach	500	$33,590	1.5
Georgia	Atlanta	1,530	$33,900	1
Georgia	Savannah	70	$31,060	0.8
Hawaii	Honolulu	680	$27,850	2.5
Idaho	Boise	270	$31,940	1.6
Illinois	Chicago	4,400	$33,040	1.8
Illinois	Peoria	100	$29,070	1
Illinois	Rockford	70	$23,360	0.8
Indiana	Bloomington	60	$22,770	1.5
Indiana	Fort Wayne	90	$27,970	0.7
Indiana	Gary	90	$19,590	0.5
Indiana	Indianapolis	510	$28,780	0.9
Indiana	South Bend	70	$29,850	0.9
Iowa	Davenport	90	$26,880	0.8
Iowa	Des Moines	100	$36,560	0.5
Iowa	Iowa City	50	$30,520	1.2
Kansas	Wichita	120	$30,300	0.6
Kentucky	Lexington	130	$32,120	0.9
Kentucky	Louisville	190	$30,790	0.5
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	100	$24,030	0.4
Louisiana	New Orleans	140	$26,720	0.4
Maine	Portland	150	$35,140	1.2
Maryland	Baltimore	560	$33,230	0.7
Maryland	Bethesda	310	$39,340	0.9
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	40	$35,500	0.7
Massachusetts	Boston	2,310	$32,150	2.1
Massachusetts	Framingham	120	$40,000	1.2
Massachusetts	Haverhill	40	$37,980	0.9
Massachusetts	Lawrence	40		1.3
Massachusetts	Lowell	40	$43,740	0.6
Massachusetts	Springfield	120	$33,100	0.6
Massachusetts	Worcester	170	$33,730	1.1
Michigan	Ann Arbor	100	$30,240	1
Michigan	Flint	30	$22,570	0.4
Michigan	Grand Rapids	190	$29,100	0.8
Michigan	Holland	60	$24,320	1
Michigan	Kalamazoo	60	$30,460	0.7
Michigan	Warren	610	$33,820	0.8
Minnesota	Minneapolis	1,630	$36,230	1.4
Minnesota	St Cloud	40	$29,300	0.7
Mississippi	Jackson	80	$27,880	0.5
Missouri	Kansas City	410	$32,780	0.6
Missouri	Springfield	320	$27,950	2.7
Missouri	St Louis	2,020	$32,070	2.3
Nebraska	Omaha	670	$30,020	2.3
Nevada	Las Vegas	730	$29,090	1.2
Nevada	Reno	50	$31,720	0.4
New Hampshire	Manchester	60	$31,980	1
New Hampshire	Nashua	90	$36,210	1.1
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	50	$34,910	1.6
New Jersey	Atlantic City	70	$33,260	0.8
New Jersey	Camden	450	$24,710	1.3
New Jersey	Edison	720	$34,300	1.1
New Jersey	Newark	530	$30,230	0.8
New Jersey	Trenton	240	$41,740	1.8
New Mexico	Albuquerque	160	$28,660	0.7
New York	Albany	160	$28,800	0.6
New York	Buffalo	370	$34,330	1.1
New York	Nassau	980	$39,770	1.2
New York	New York	6,220	$35,130	1.9
New York	Poughkeepsie	70	$32,910	0.5
New York	Rochester	360	$33,360	1.1
New York	Syracuse	190	$31,280	1
New York	Utica	40	$26,530	0.5
North Carolina	Asheville	40	$43,480	0.4
North Carolina	Charlotte	440	$37,950	0.8
North Carolina	Durham	110	$47,830	0.7
North Carolina	Greensboro	90	$29,100	0.4
North Carolina	Raleigh	230	$37,190	0.7
North Carolina	Winston Salem	60	$32,310	0.5
North Dakota	Fargo	80		1.2
Ohio	Akron	150	$28,260	0.7
Ohio	Canton	40	$24,960	0.4
Ohio	Cincinnati	420	$27,600	0.6
Ohio	Cleveland	830	$30,780	1.2
Ohio	Columbus	680	$27,930	1.1
Ohio	Dayton	280	$25,070	1.1
Ohio	Toledo	100	$23,510	0.5
Ohio	Youngstown	70	$28,470	0.5
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	190	$31,450	0.5
Oklahoma	Tulsa	240	$33,180	0.9
Oregon	Bend	30	$23,700	0.8
Oregon	Eugene	80	$28,750	0.9
Oregon	Medford	30	$33,250	0.6
Oregon	Portland	840	$32,710	1.3
Oregon	Salem	40	$24,180	0.4
Pennsylvania	Allentown	420	$33,110	2
Pennsylvania	Erie	40	$31,210	0.5
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	80		0.4
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	150	$38,240	1
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1,210	$35,140	1
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	670	$32,110	0.9
Pennsylvania	Reading	250		2.5
Pennsylvania	Scranton	160	$39,380	1
Pennsylvania	York	70	$33,050	0.6
Rhode Island	Providence	330	$31,530	0.9
South Carolina	Columbia	140	$28,100	0.6
South Carolina	Greenville	90	$34,280	0.5
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	60	$23,240	0.9
South Dakota	Rapid City	40	$29,230	1.1
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	50	$28,650	0.6
Tennessee	Chattanooga	60	$33,100	0.4
Tennessee	Knoxville	150	$31,250	0.7
Tennessee	Memphis	170		0.4
Tennessee	Nashville	450	$37,260	0.9
Texas	Austin	420	$34,990	0.9
Texas	Corpus Christi	30	$25,530	0.3
Texas	Dallas	2,120	$30,500	1.6
Texas	El Paso	70	$31,220	0.4
Texas	Fort Worth	580	$30,120	1.1
Texas	Mcallen	30	$23,030	0.2
Texas	San Antonio	740	$28,970	1.4
Texas	Waco	30	$28,780	0.5
Utah	Ogden	70	$35,750	0.6
Utah	Salt Lake City	470	$33,720	1.2
Vermont	Burlington	40	$31,650	0.6
Virginia	Richmond	350	$43,730	0.9
Virginia	Virginia Beach	480	$39,040	1
Washington	Bellingham	40	$25,120	0.9
Washington	Kennewick	30	$27,120	0.6
Washington	Tacoma	70	$31,670	0.4
Wisconsin	Green Bay	120	$29,690	1.2
Wisconsin	Madison	170	$32,610	0.8
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	640	$28,060	1.2
Wisconsin	Racine	90	$25,110	2
Wyoming	Cheyenne	40	$26,520	1.7

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