DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA
43-4181 Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
Occupational Description:
Make and confirm reservations for transportation or lodging, or sell transportation tickets. May check baggage and direct passengers to designated concourse, pier, or track; deliver tickets, contact individuals and groups to inform them of package tours; or provide tourists with travel or transportation information. Excludes "Travel Agents" (41-3041), "Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks" (43-4081), and "Cashiers" (41-2011) who sell tickets for local transportation.| Percentiles | |||||||||
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| Geography | Employment | Emp SE* | Mean | Mean SE* | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
| EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities | 2,980 | 575 | $18.26/hr | $0.87/hr | $11.69/hr | $13.69/hr | $20.09/hr | $22.13/hr | $23.36/hr |
| Minnesota | 3,520 | 584 | $17.95/hr | $0.86/hr | $11.23/hr | $13.32/hr | $19.89/hr | $22.04/hr | $23.33/hr |
| U S | 135,930 | 7,204 | $16.36/hr | $0.15/hr | $9.81/hr | $11.51/hr | $15.79/hr | $21.07/hr | $23.22/hr |
| *SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate. | |||||||||
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| Occupation (click title for details) | OES | Projections | |
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| Employment | Median Wage | % Change - | |
| Customer Service Representatives | 35,500 | $17.67/hr | N/A |
| Counter and Rental Clerks | 4,800 | $10.12/hr | N/A |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 2,350 | $19.91/hr | N/A |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 1,710 | $10.76/hr | N/A |
| Travel Agents | 1,080 | $17.88/hr | N/A |
| Opticians, Dispensing | 700 | $17.84/hr | N/A |
| Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants | 270 | $9.22/hr | N/A |
Tasks for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
- Provides customers with travel suggestions and information such as guides, directories, brochures, and maps.
- Confers with customers by telephone, writing, or in person to answer questions regarding services and determine travel preferences.
- Informs client of travel dates, times, connections, baggage limits, medical and visa requirements, and emergency information.
- Provides information concerning fares, availability of travel, and accommodations, either orally or by using guides, brochures, and maps.
- Contacts motel, hotel, resort, and travel operators by mail or telephone to obtain advertising literature.
- Studies maps, directories, routes, and rate tables to determine travel route and cost and availability of accommodations.
- Calculates estimated travel rates and expenses, using items such as rate tables and calculators.
- Assists client in preparing required documents and forms for travel, such as visas.
- Plans itinerary for travel and accommodations, using knowledge of routes, types of carriers, and regulations.
- Confirms travel arrangements and reservations.
- Obtains reservations for air, train, or car travel and hotel or other housing accommodations.
- Arranges reservations and routing for passengers at request of Ticket Agent.
- Telephones customer or Ticket Agent to advise of changes with travel conveyance or to confirm reservation.
- Reads coded data on tickets to ascertain destination, marks tickets, and assigns boarding pass.
- Sells and assembles tickets for transmittal or mailing to customers.
- Plans route and computes ticket cost, using schedules, rate books, and computer.
- Answers inquiries made to travel agencies or transportation firms, such as airlines, bus companies, railroad companies, and steamship lines.
- Examines passenger ticket or pass to direct passenger to specified area for loading.
- Checks baggage and directs passenger to designated location for loading.
- Determines whether space is available on travel dates requested by customer.
- Sells travel insurance.
- Informs travel agents in other locations of space reserved or available.
- Announces arrival and departure information, using public-address system.
- Assists passengers requiring special assistance to board or depart conveyance.
- Assigns specified space to customers and maintains computerized inventory of passenger space available.