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title: "Jobs That Travel"
description: "Careers where travel is part of the work itself: flying, sailing, guiding, inspecting, auditing and consulting on site, rather than jobs that merely…"
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last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z"
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# Jobs That Travel

Careers where travel is part of the work itself: flying, sailing, guiding, inspecting, auditing and consulting on site, rather than jobs that merely allow remote work. Careers centred on this field come first, then the ones that touch it, each group ranked by national median pay from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. Specialty careers, which BLS reports inside a broader occupation, show that occupation’s figures and are labelled on their pages.

48 occupations, in the ranked order the career bank computed. Wages are BLS OEWS, May 2025. Growth figures are BLS Employment Projections and education is the BLS "typical education needed for entry".

| # | Occupation | Median annual wage | Projected growth | Typical education |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Sales Representative, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Product](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sales-representative-wholesale-and-manufacturing-technical-and-scientific-product) | $104,920 | +1.2% | Bachelor's |
| 2 | [Management Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/management-analyst) | $101,860 | +10.1% | Bachelor's |
| 3 | [Locomotive Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/locomotive-engineer) | $81,410 | +0.5% | High school |
| 4 | [Hotel Revenue Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/hotel-revenue-manager) | $78,760 | +7.0% | Bachelor's |
| 5 | [Catastrophe Adjuster](https://nuecareer.com/careers/catastrophe-adjuster) | $78,000 | -5.5% | High school |
| 6 | [Claims Adjuster, Examiner, and Investigator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/claims-adjuster-examiner-and-investigator) | $78,000 | -5.5% | High school |
| 7 | [Railroad Conductor and Yardmaster](https://nuecareer.com/careers/railroad-conductor-and-yardmaster) | $78,000 | +0.9% | High school |
| 8 | [Boilermaker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/boilermaker) | $76,410 | -1.8% | High school |
| 9 | [Sales Representative, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sales-representative-wholesale-and-manufacturing) | $72,080 | -0.9% | High school |
| 10 | [Hotel Asset Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/hotel-asset-manager) | $69,990 | +3.7% | Bachelor's |
| 11 | [Cruise Ship Hotel Director](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cruise-ship-hotel-director) | $69,250 | +3.8% | High school |
| 12 | [Director of Rooms](https://nuecareer.com/careers/director-of-rooms) | $69,250 | +3.8% | High school |
| 13 | [Hotel General Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/hotel-general-manager) | $69,250 | +3.8% | High school |
| 14 | [International School Teacher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/international-school-teacher) | $63,970 | -0.4% | Bachelor's |
| 15 | [Casino Host](https://nuecareer.com/careers/casino-host) | $63,820 | +3.5% | High school |
| 16 | [Destination Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/destination-manager) | $61,160 | +5.8% | Bachelor's |
| 17 | [Meeting, Convention, and Event Planner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/meeting-convention-and-event-planner) | $61,160 | +5.8% | Bachelor's |
| 18 | [Bus Driver, Transit and Intercity](https://nuecareer.com/careers/bus-driver-transit-and-intercity) | $59,050 | +4.1% | High school |
| 19 | [Truck Driver](https://nuecareer.com/careers/truck-driver) | $58,640 | +3.8% | Certificate |
| 20 | [Train Dispatcher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/train-dispatcher) | $50,340 | -0.7% | High school |
| 21 | [Luxury Travel Advisor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/luxury-travel-advisor) | $50,160 | +0.2% | High school |
| 22 | [Travel Agent](https://nuecareer.com/careers/travel-agent) | $50,160 | +0.2% | High school |
| 23 | [Cruise Director](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cruise-director) | $48,560 | +5.3% | High school |
| 24 | [Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agent and Travel Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/reservation-and-transportation-ticket-agent-and-travel-clerk) | $44,390 | +2.5% | High school |
| 25 | [Yacht Steward](https://nuecareer.com/careers/yacht-steward) | $38,950 | +2.6% | High school |
| 26 | [Tour Guide and Escort](https://nuecareer.com/careers/tour-guide-and-escort) | $38,120 | +6.3% | High school |
| 27 | [Travel Guide](https://nuecareer.com/careers/travel-guide) | $38,120 | +6.3% | High school |
| 28 | [Passenger Attendant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/passenger-attendant) | $37,720 | +6.0% | High school |
| 29 | [Airline Pilot](https://nuecareer.com/careers/airline-pilot) | $232,140 | +8.3% | Bachelor's |
| 30 | [Widebody Airline Captain](https://nuecareer.com/careers/widebody-airline-captain) | $232,140 | +8.3% | Bachelor's |
| 31 | [Director of Developer Relations](https://nuecareer.com/careers/director-of-developer-relations) | $166,790 | +6.9% | Bachelor's |
| 32 | [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/forward-deployed-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's |
| 33 | [Sales Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sales-engineer) | $124,900 | +2.8% | Bachelor's |
| 34 | [Commercial Pilot](https://nuecareer.com/careers/commercial-pilot) | $123,220 | +5.2% | Certificate |
| 35 | [Corporate Pilot](https://nuecareer.com/careers/corporate-pilot) | $123,220 | +5.2% | Certificate |
| 36 | [Flight Inspection Pilot](https://nuecareer.com/careers/flight-inspection-pilot) | $123,220 | +5.2% | Certificate |
| 37 | [Fractional Jet Pilot](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fractional-jet-pilot) | $123,220 | +5.2% | Certificate |
| 38 | [Principal Solutions Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/principal-solutions-architect) | $116,580 | +5.1% | Bachelor's |
| 39 | [Ship Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ship-engineer) | $109,530 | +2.7% | Certificate |
| 40 | [Race Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/race-engineer) | $104,110 | +11.2% | Bachelor's |
| 41 | [Medical Science Liaison](https://nuecareer.com/careers/medical-science-liaison) | $103,410 | +12.6% | Doctorate |
| 42 | [Foreign Service Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/foreign-service-officer) | $101,860 | +10.1% | Bachelor's |
| 43 | [Management Consulting Partner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/management-consulting-partner) | $101,860 | +10.1% | Master's |
| 44 | [Organ Procurement Coordinator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/organ-procurement-coordinator) | $97,550 | +5.6% | Bachelor's |
| 45 | [Registered Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/registered-nurse) | $97,550 | +5.6% | Bachelor's |
| 46 | [Travel Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/travel-nurse) | $97,550 | +5.6% | Bachelor's |
| 47 | [Storm Restoration Lineworker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/storm-restoration-lineworker) | $95,320 | +10.3% | High school |
| 48 | [Transmission Lineworker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/transmission-lineworker) | $95,320 | +10.3% | High school |

Full record for any row, including wage percentiles and state-level pay: https://nuecareer.com/careers/{slug} or https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/{slug}.

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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