Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
SOC 43-4081 · 2024-2034
Accommodate hotel, motel, and resort patrons by registering and assigning rooms to guests, issuing room keys or cards, transmitting and receiving messages, keeping records of occupied rooms and guests' accounts, making and confirming reservations, and presenting statements to and collecting payments from departing guests.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $40,291per year
- Projected openings
- 45,330
- Projected change
- +2.5%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Speaking
- Social Perceptiveness
- Service Orientation
- Active Listening
- Coordination
- Reading Comprehension
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $46,049 | 3,410 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $45,479 | 2,290 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $44,922 | 2,120 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $44,801 | 340 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $44,785 | 3,510 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $44,478 | 680 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $42,638 | 8,200 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $40,238 | 980 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $39,493 | 1,480 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $39,380 | 2,820 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $38,992 | 4,820 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $38,195 | 480 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $37,981 | 1,220 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $37,838 | 120 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $37,756 | 650 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $37,725 | 840 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $37,715 | 1,220 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $37,674 | 4,730 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $37,654 | 900 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $37,337 | 710 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $37,255 | 150 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $37,123 | 540 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $36,898 | 100 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $36,837 | 320 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $36,622 | 180 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $36,622 | 290 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $36,336 | 210 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $36,101 | 650 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $35,979 | 890 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $35,754 | 410 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lodging Managers | $78,241 | 6,370 | +1.6% |
| Concierges | $44,663 | 7,950 | +5.9% |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | $45,143 | 112,320 | +5.3% |
| Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants | $47,739 | 7,030 | +7.7% |
| Counter and Rental Clerks | $45,420 | 77,120 | +3.2% |
| Baggage Porters and Bellhops | $41,054 | 4,150 | -3.3% |