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Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agent and Travel Clerk Salary by State (2026)

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks earn the most in Michigan at $60,220 a year and the least in West Virginia at $34,030 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $44,390. The table below covers 49 states, DC, U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median
$60,220Michigan
National median
$44,390BLS OEWS, May 2025
Lowest median
$34,030West Virginia
Areas reporting
52of 54 OEWS areas

Top and bottom

Highest- and lowest-paying states for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks

Ranked on the state median among the 49 reporting states and DC. Territories are in the full table but not ranked here.

Highest median pay

  1. 1Michigan$60,220
  2. 2Minnesota$60,090
  3. 3California$49,420
  4. 4Washington$48,520
  5. 5Georgia$47,860

Lowest median pay

  1. 1West Virginia$34,030
  2. 2North Dakota$34,870
  3. 3Kansas$34,940
  4. 4South Dakota$35,860
  5. 5Wisconsin$35,950

All states

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agent and Travel Clerk salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel 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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1MIMichigan
$60,220
$38,230$77,5301,980$62,588
2MNMinnesota
$60,090
$44,940$78,9402,160$60,930
3CACalifornia
$49,420
$45,200$56,62010,580$44,635
4WAWashington
$48,520
$44,920$63,8702,970$45,340
5GAGeorgia
$47,860
$38,490$76,8805,880$49,702
6ILIllinois
$47,850
$38,260$59,2907,080$47,870
7NMNew Mexico
$47,850
$40,550$78,540600$51,891
8OKOklahoma
$47,340
$45,000$80,200920$53,892
9DCDistrict of Columbia
$46,550
$39,630$57,850100$42,356
10COColorado
$45,960
$44,840$61,0803,650$44,599
11AKAlaska
$45,870
$45,200$59,9801,000$44,813
12KYKentucky
$45,840
$38,360$70,7401,860$50,844
13AZArizona
$45,710
$38,580$66,5003,020$45,403
14RIRhode Island
$45,420
$42,850$59,180210$44,408
15HIHawaii
$45,020
$37,410$62,6601,590$40,946
16NCNorth Carolina
$44,630
$36,120$76,4205,760$47,315
17LALouisiana
$44,520
$34,450$58,800520$50,472
18PAPennsylvania
$44,380
$36,410$75,1904,020$45,484
19MAMassachusetts
$44,230
$40,830$47,2001,560$41,822
20VAVirginia
$44,140
$39,280$48,1402,540$43,658
21SCSouth Carolina
$43,740
$37,200$53,6301,010$46,656
22DEDelaware
$43,140
$38,290$51,35070$43,223
23MTMontana
$43,110
$35,890$50,350480$45,549
24NYNew York
$42,990
$38,710$49,5905,510$39,835
25ARArkansas
$42,040
$37,090$46,280430$48,357
26INIndiana
$41,400
$36,580$73,230550$44,359
27NVNevada
$41,000
$37,320$50,0902,660$41,009
28NHNew Hampshire
$40,920
$38,560$45,030150$39,284
29MDMaryland
$40,750
$40,230$50,370720$38,825
30MEMaine
$40,700
$38,060$48,780410$41,937
31OROregon
$40,570
$38,280$46,2801,340$39,251
32MOMissouri
$40,560
$33,320$46,7401,770$44,661
33IDIdaho
$40,230
$34,930$50,800420$42,128
34FLFlorida
$39,490
$36,740$48,73014,740$38,186
35CTConnecticut
$39,380
$35,560$46,640510$38,008
36NJNew Jersey
$38,780
$38,780$49,9102,780$35,642
37UTUtah
$38,660
$37,550$49,6503,260$39,104
38TNTennessee
$38,530
$37,630$62,6301,410$41,940
39VTVermont
$38,310
$37,870$43,390140$39,109
40TXTexas
$38,220
$30,700$57,59018,410$39,379
41NENebraska
$37,850
$35,970$38,600650$42,007
42MSMississippi
$37,730
$31,600$48,980170$43,391
43IAIowa
$36,880
$35,630$45,200200$42,023
44ALAlabama
$36,620
$31,680$55,850150$41,228
45OHOhio
$36,070
$35,170$55,5801,200$38,879
46WIWisconsin
$35,950
$31,580$38,310880$38,206
47SDSouth Dakota
$35,860
$31,430$38,160230$40,480
48KSKansas
$34,940
$31,750$43,040180$38,793
49NDNorth Dakota
$34,870
$34,530$39,020150$39,198
50WVWest Virginia
$34,030
$29,550$35,890100$38,024
51VIU.S. Virgin Islands
$29,030
$28,630$31,280300N/A
52GUGuam
$27,230
$22,770$34,110220N/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 reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks, the adjustment does not change the leader: Michigan is first on raw pay and still first once prices are taken into account, at $62,588.

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

Questions

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agent and Travel Clerk pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks the most?

Michigan reports the highest median wage for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks at $60,220 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by Minnesota ($60,090) and California ($49,420).

Which state pays reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks the least?

Among the 49 reporting states and DC, West Virginia reports the lowest median for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks at $34,030 a year, $26,190 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Among the territories, U.S. Virgin Islands reports $29,030 and Guam reports $27,230.

Is the highest-paying state the best for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks after cost of living?

Yes. Michigan stays first after dividing each state median by its BEA Regional Price Parity, at $62,588 in national-average dollars from a raw $60,220. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024; the adjustment is NueCareer's calculation.

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