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Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerk Salary by State (2026)

Name: Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerk annual wages by US state, May 2025
Creator: NueCareer
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Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks earn the most in Hawaii at $59,110 a year and the least in West Virginia at $26,830 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $35,070. The table below covers all 50 states, DC, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median: $59,110Hawaii
National median: $35,070BLS OEWS, May 2025
Lowest median: $26,830West Virginia
Areas reporting: 53of 54 OEWS areas

Top and bottom

Highest- and lowest-paying states for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks

Ranked on the state median among the 50 states and DC. Territories are in the full table but not ranked here.

Highest median pay

1Hawaii$59,110
2District of Columbia$47,060
3Vermont$44,940
4Washington$40,460
5Massachusetts$39,400

Lowest median pay

1West Virginia$26,830
2Mississippi$27,300
3Louisiana$27,420
4Oklahoma$27,630
5Alabama$28,050

All states

Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerk salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks OEWS estimates in that state; blank cells are estimates BLS suppressed because the sample was too small.

Annual wages by state, sortable by median, quartiles, employment and cost-of-living adjusted median
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1	HIHawaii	$59,110	$51,230	$65,840	2,810	$53,760
2	DCDistrict of Columbia	$47,060	$44,010	$48,620	1,170	$42,820
3	VTVermont	$44,940	$36,510	$46,640	580	$45,877
4	WAWashington	$40,460	$37,930	$45,460	5,630	$37,808
5	MAMassachusetts	$39,400	$37,580	$44,810	4,530	$37,255
6	CACalifornia	$39,360	$36,790	$45,220	27,810	$35,549
7	NVNevada	$38,900	$32,430	$43,710	5,040	$38,908
8	NYNew York	$38,590	$35,820	$48,320	10,130	$35,758
9	NJNew Jersey	$38,110	$35,920	$44,340	5,000	$35,026
10	RIRhode Island	$37,840	$36,730	$39,570	530	$36,996
11	AKAlaska	$37,500	$36,190	$41,600	820	$36,636
12	MEMaine	$37,380	$35,360	$44,260	1,510	$38,516
13	NHNew Hampshire	$37,300	$36,140	$42,010	850	$35,809
14	OROregon	$37,020	$35,300	$39,730	4,080	$35,816
15	CTConnecticut	$37,000	$36,140	$38,200	1,490	$35,711
16	COColorado	$36,750	$34,220	$43,830	5,520	$35,662
17	MNMinnesota	$36,320	$31,720	$38,490	4,430	$36,828
18	UTUtah	$36,250	$31,930	$38,300	4,120	$36,667
19	AZArizona	$35,880	$33,300	$37,370	5,540	$35,639
20	MDMaryland	$35,860	$33,850	$37,540	4,020	$34,166
21	DEDelaware	$35,730	$31,200	$37,030	740	$35,799
22	ILIllinois	$35,410	$32,740	$37,270	6,390	$35,425
23	WIWisconsin	$35,360	$30,620	$36,590	5,100	$37,579
24	MTMontana	$35,330	$32,080	$36,990	2,660	$37,329
25	WYWyoming	$35,050	$29,160	$44,810	950	$37,814
26	FLFlorida	$35,030	$31,400	$37,640	23,580	$33,874
27	MOMissouri	$34,560	$30,160	$36,620	4,400	$38,055
28	NDNorth Dakota	$34,530	$33,610	$35,430	1,390	$38,816
29	VIU.S. Virgin Islands	$34,020	$32,570	$44,820	240	N/A
30	IDIdaho	$33,870	$28,840	$35,940	2,130	$35,468
31	MIMichigan	$33,870	$29,850	$35,950	6,300	$35,202
32	INIndiana	$33,280	$29,530	$35,580	4,640	$35,659
33	VAVirginia	$33,270	$29,620	$35,950	6,560	$32,907
34	NENebraska	$31,490	$29,250	$35,230	1,650	$34,949
35	PAPennsylvania	$31,330	$28,700	$35,550	7,880	$32,110
36	OHOhio	$30,630	$29,290	$34,280	6,320	$33,016
37	IAIowa	$30,590	$28,910	$35,050	2,790	$34,856
38	SDSouth Dakota	$30,550	$29,580	$34,640	1,760	$34,486
39	TNTennessee	$30,160	$28,110	$35,070	6,930	$32,829
40	SCSouth Carolina	$30,020	$26,780	$35,550	5,910	$32,022
41	KYKentucky	$29,970	$27,090	$34,550	3,890	$33,241
42	NCNorth Carolina	$29,900	$27,910	$35,360	7,530	$31,699
43	KSKansas	$29,750	$28,620	$34,260	1,900	$33,031
44	TXTexas	$29,630	$26,790	$35,210	23,690	$30,528
45	NMNew Mexico	$29,300	$28,250	$33,370	2,940	$31,775
46	GAGeorgia	$29,130	$26,530	$34,520	9,490	$30,251
47	ARArkansas	$28,300	$26,300	$29,910	2,420	$32,552
48	ALAlabama	$28,050	$26,320	$29,830	3,910	$31,580
49	OKOklahoma	$27,630	$23,620	$29,210	3,090	$31,454
50	LALouisiana	$27,420	$23,510	$29,530	4,110	$31,086
51	MSMississippi	$27,300	$22,900	$28,650	3,050	$31,396
52	WVWest Virginia	$26,830	$23,020	$27,900	1,730	$29,979
53	PRPuerto Rico	$23,330	$22,150	$26,350	1,230	N/A

Method

How the cost-of-living adjustment works

The adjusted column divides each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (RPP) and multiplies by 100. RPPs measure how much a fixed basket of goods, services and rents costs in one state relative to the national average, so the result restates local pay in national-average dollars.

For hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks, the adjustment does not change the leader: Hawaii is first on raw pay and still first once prices are taken into account, at $53,760.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024 (public domain). The adjustment is NueCareer's calculation, not a BLS or BEA published statistic.

Questions

Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerk pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks the most?

Hawaii reports the highest median wage for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks at $59,110 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by District of Columbia ($47,060) and Vermont ($44,940).

Which state pays hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks the least?

Among the 50 states and DC, West Virginia reports the lowest median for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks at $26,830 a year, $32,280 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Among the territories, U.S. Virgin Islands reports $34,020 and Puerto Rico reports $23,330.

Is the highest-paying state the best for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks after cost of living?

Yes. Hawaii stays first after dividing each state median by its BEA Regional Price Parity, at $53,760 in national-average dollars from a raw $59,110. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024; the adjustment is NueCareer's calculation.

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