Sales & Related
Travel Agents
SOC 41-3041
Plan and book travel and handle the details so clients don't have to.
The job
Median pay
$50k
$42k to $63k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Stable
+0.2% projected
Openings a year
6k
BLS projection
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
2/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
77th pct
More exposed than 77% of occupations · modeled estimate · 77th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
36/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 9,430 | 0.9 | 2.7× | $50k |
| California | 4,760 | 0.3 | 0.7× | $51k |
| Texas | 4,310 | 0.3 | 0.9× | $50k |
| New York | 3,180 | 0.3 | 0.9× | $56k |
| Georgia | 2,300 | 0.5 | 1.3× | $49k |
| Illinois | 2,120 | 0.3 | 1.0× | $49k |
| Massachusetts | 1,810 | 0.5 | 1.4× | $56k |
| Washington | 1,710 | 0.5 | 1.4× | $55k |
| New Jersey | 1,660 | 0.4 | 1.1× | $61k |
| Missouri | 1,500 | 0.5 | 1.4× | $45k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 1,470 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $48k |
| North Carolina | 1,250 | 0.3 | 0.7× | $56k |
| Michigan | 1,150 | 0.3 | 0.7× | $46k |
| Ohio | 1,140 | 0.2 | 0.6× | $46k |
| Arizona | 1,100 | 0.3 | 1.0× | $52k |
| Colorado | 1,100 | 0.4 | 1.1× | $57k |
| Virginia | 1,050 | 0.3 | 0.7× | $45k |
| Minnesota | 890 | 0.3 | 0.8× | $47k |
| Wisconsin | 810 | 0.3 | 0.8× | $47k |
| South Carolina | 680 | 0.3 | 0.8× | $35k |
| Connecticut | 650 | 0.4 | 1.1× | $61k |
| Indiana | 640 | 0.2 | 0.6× | $49k |
| Oregon | 620 | 0.3 | 0.9× | $57k |
| Oklahoma | 600 | 0.4 | 1.0× | $37k |
| Hawaii | 580 | 0.9 | 2.6× | $48k |
| Nevada | 549 | 0.4 | 1.0× | $63k~ |
| Tennessee | 540 | 0.2 | 0.5× | $56k |
| Utah | 440 | 0.3 | 0.7× | $57k |
| Alabama | 380 | 0.2 | 0.5× | $48k |
| Maryland | 360 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $49k |
| Louisiana | 310 | 0.2 | 0.5× | $36k |
| Iowa | 290 | 0.2 | 0.5× | $45k |
| Kansas | 250 | 0.2 | 0.5× | $54k |
| Rhode Island | 250 | 0.5 | 1.4× | $60k |
| West Virginia | 250 | 0.4 | 1.0× | $45k |
| Nebraska | 240 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $50k |
| Idaho | 220 | 0.3 | 0.7× | $48k |
| Kentucky | 220 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $49k |
| Delaware | 210 | 0.4 | 1.2× | $49k~ |
| Montana | 200 | 0.4 | 1.1× | $61k |
| South Dakota | 200 | 0.4 | 1.2× | $45k |
| Alaska | 190 | 0.6 | 1.6× | $48k |
| Arkansas | 180 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $37k |
| Washington DC | 160 | 0.2 | 0.6× | $62k |
| Mississippi | 160 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $49k |
| North Dakota | 150 | 0.3 | 1.0× | $45k |
| New Hampshire | 130 | 0.2 | 0.5× | $47k |
| Maine | 120 | 0.2 | 0.5× | $50k~ |
| New Mexico | 120 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $45k |
| Vermont | 120 | 0.4 | 1.1× | $61k |
| Wyoming | 50 | 0.2 | 0.5× | $48k |
Top metro areas
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL4,560 jobs · $51k median
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3,610 jobs · $58k median
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL2,190 jobs · $49k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA2,160 jobs · $50k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1,740 jobs · $49k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA1,600 jobs · $49k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH1,490 jobs · $59k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,430 jobs · $48k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Travel Agents interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.