Business & Finance
Travel Agents
Plan and sell transportation and accommodations for customers. Determine destination, modes of transportation, travel dates, costs, and accommodations required. May also describe, plan, and arrange itineraries and sell tour packages. May assist in resolving clients' travel problems.
Median salary (BLS)
$50,160
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$35k – $77k
Job outlook
+2% (about average)
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $112,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Travel Agents
Education
Typical entry: Associate degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Travel Agents
Entry / Junior
$34,610
~2 yrs to advance
Travel Agents
Established
$50,160
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Travel Agents
Senior
$63,410
Key skills
A typical day
- •Collect payment for transportation and accommodations from customer.
- •Plan, describe, arrange, and sell itinerary tour packages and promotional travel incentives offered by various travel carriers.
- •Converse with customer to determine destination, mode of transportation, travel dates, financial considerations, and accommodations required.
- •Compute cost of travel and accommodations, using calculator, computer, carrier tariff books, and hotel rate books, or quote package tour's costs.
- •Record and maintain information on clients, vendors, and travel packages.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Business & Finance
Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
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