Travel Counselors

Median Salary: $30,800

Many travel counselors across the United States share a number of key professional traits. For example, cooperation, self control, and independence can be critical for success in the industry, especially when mixed with career training. Around 76,990 individuals were working as travel counselors nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's crucial to build on these characteristics and receive top-notch training, particularly if you're planning to progress in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for travel counselors in the U.S. was $30,800 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $14.80. Of course, income can vary with training and by place. Below, you'll find more data about travel counselors, including wages and job density for metropolitan areas all over the United States.

Travel counselors should be skilled in:

Near Vision
Problem Sensitivity
Information Ordering
Deductive Reasoning
Category Flexibility

Different individuals go into different careers; travel counselors are typically:

Enterprising
Conventional
Social

Working as a travel counselor requires knowledge in subjects like:

Customer and Personal Service
Sales and Marketing
Transportation
English Language
Clerical

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of individuals working as travel counselors). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of travel counselors in each city as compared to the national average.

Alabama
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Birmingham	120	$42,000	$20.20	$58,000	$27.90	-60.1%
Huntsville	80	$29,200	$14.10	$35,500	$17.10	-32.1%
Mobile	50	$31,700	$15.30	$36,000	$17.30	-48%

Alaska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anchorage	190	$34,800	$16.70	$38,200	$18.40	91.5%
Fairbanks	NA	$34,400	$16.60	$40,900	$19.70	NA

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Phoenix	1,750	$26,200	$12.60	$33,800	$16.30	68.1%
Tucson	90	$30,500	$14.70	$37,700	$18.10	-58.6%

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Little Rock	70	$31,400	$15.10	$37,000	$17.80	-64.2%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bakersfield	90	$31,900	$15.30	$36,600	$17.60	-43.6%
Fresno	80	$30,200	$14.50	$38,400	$18.50	-58.4%
Los Angeles (Area)	5,140	$33,400	$16.00	$39,900	$19.20	69.3%
Oakland	530	$36,100	$17.40	$42,400	$20.40	-9.2%
Oxnard	140	$36,500	$17.50	$43,300	$20.80	-17.3%
Riverside	420	$35,100	$16.90	$38,700	$18.60	-41.1%
Sacramento	340	$32,100	$15.40	$36,900	$17.70	-31.9%
Salinas	50	$24,800	$11.90	$33,300	$16.00	-50.4%
San Diego	620	$34,500	$16.60	$51,300	$24.70	-17.3%
San Francisco (Area)	1,490	$36,400	$17.50	$44,900	$21.60	28.4%
San Francisco (City)	960	$36,800	$17.70	$47,300	$22.80	65.9%
San Jose	590	$37,900	$18.20	$44,600	$21.40	12.7%
Santa Barbara	80	$41,500	$19.90	$49,000	$23.60	-21.2%
Santa Rosa	70	$34,000	$16.40	$38,900	$18.70	-31.6%
Stockton	60	$29,300	$14.10	$34,000	$16.40	-50.6%
Vallejo	40	$32,900	$15.80	$39,700	$19.10	-48.2%

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boulder	170	$34,100	$16.40	$44,800	$21.50	83.9%
Colorado Springs	240	$24,400	$11.70	$29,300	$14.10	66.4%
Denver	830	$31,500	$15.10	$36,600	$17.60	15.1%
Fort Collins	80	$28,700	$13.80	$34,500	$16.60	7%

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	NA	$30,400	$14.60	$47,000	$22.60	NA
Hartford	200	$27,500	$13.20	$40,900	$19.60	-38.5%
New Haven	210	$30,500	$14.70	$39,200	$18.90	-0.3%
Norwich	40	$34,600	$16.60	$38,800	$18.70	-49.1%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	1,800	$36,500	$17.60	$43,300	$20.80	5.9%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bradenton	280	$15,600	$7.50	$29,600	$14.20	90.8%
Cape Coral	120	$32,200	$15.50	$40,600	$19.50	3.4%
Deltona	130	$20,300	$9.70	$35,600	$17.10	46.2%
Fort Walton Beach	NA	$29,400	$14.10	$36,200	$17.40	NA
Jacksonville	300	$34,500	$16.60	$37,800	$18.20	-11.9%
Lakeland	80	$28,100	$13.50	$35,200	$16.90	-31.7%
Miami (Area)	3,320	$27,400	$13.20	$32,000	$15.40	137.7%
Naples	110	$31,100	$14.90	$38,000	$18.30	64.5%
Orlando	2,040	$24,900	$12.00	$32,600	$15.70	249.7%
Palm Bay	110	$26,300	$12.60	$30,500	$14.70	-3.2%
Palm Coast	40	$21,600	$10.40	$28,400	$13.70	274.5%
Panama City	100	$28,000	$13.50	$30,100	$14.50	148%
Pensacola	220	$23,600	$11.30	$27,600	$13.30	145.3%
Port St. Lucie	80	$23,400	$11.30	$30,400	$14.60	6.5%
Tallahassee	50	$23,000	$11.10	$28,000	$13.50	-43.3%
Tampa	810	$24,900	$12.00	$31,700	$15.20	21.6%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlanta	1,060	$36,100	$17.30	$40,300	$19.40	-21.6%
Savannah	30	$33,000	$15.90	$38,200	$18.40	-63.8%

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	660	$25,800	$12.40	$30,400	$14.60	161.6%

Idaho
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boise City	180	$33,300	$16.00	$37,900	$18.20	15.3%
Coeur d'Alene	NA	$23,900	$11.50	$29,700	$14.30	NA

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chicago (Area)	3,970	$29,300	$14.10	$35,000	$16.80	7.8%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	NA	$33,700	$16.20	$36,300	$17.40	NA
Evansville	50	$26,200	$12.60	$31,100	$14.90	-49.1%
Fort Wayne	80	$27,900	$13.40	$33,200	$16.00	-37.4%
Indianapolis	310	$30,400	$14.60	$37,700	$18.10	-39.4%
South Bend	50	$29,300	$14.10	$34,600	$16.60	-31.4%

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Cedar Rapids	60	$32,800	$15.80	$37,400	$18.00	-31.1%
Davenport	NA	$26,700	$12.80	$33,900	$16.30	NA
Des Moines	110	$32,400	$15.60	$40,000	$19.20	-42.3%

Kansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Wichita	160	$31,700	$15.30	$37,400	$18.00	-9.3%

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lexington	130	$33,900	$16.30	$39,600	$19.00	-5.9%
Louisville	180	$24,000	$11.50	$29,600	$14.20	-49.1%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baton Rouge	80	$24,900	$12.00	$30,300	$14.60	-65%
New Orleans	NA	$25,800	$12.40	$31,100	$14.90	NA
Shreveport	60	$24,400	$11.70	$30,200	$14.50	-37%

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Portland	80	$33,700	$16.20	$41,200	$19.80	-33.8%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	520	$32,200	$15.50	$44,000	$21.10	-29.4%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Barnstable Town	40	$30,100	$14.50	$33,700	$16.20	-20.4%
Boston (Area)	2,380	$34,600	$16.60	$41,400	$19.90	21.7%
Springfield	100	$28,700	$13.80	$35,400	$17.00	-42.4%
Worcester	120	$29,800	$14.30	$36,100	$17.30	-17%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	90	$29,600	$14.20	$36,900	$17.80	-16.1%
Detroit (Area)	NA	$27,300	$13.10	$38,000	$18.30	NA
Flint	30	NA	NA	NA	NA	-60.1%
Grand Rapids	240	$28,300	$13.60	$31,000	$14.90	14.1%
Holland	50	$20,900	$10.10	$25,900	$12.50	-11.2%
Kalamazoo	50	$29,200	$14.00	$34,500	$16.60	-37.7%
Saginaw	NA	$30,200	$14.50	$36,200	$17.40	NA

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Minneapolis	1,320	$32,500	$15.60	$39,700	$19.10	29.2%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Jackson	50	$21,900	$10.50	$30,700	$14.80	-63%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Kansas City	460	$31,600	$15.20	$36,900	$17.70	-20.2%
Springfield	260	$25,400	$12.20	$33,700	$16.20	135.8%
St. Louis	1,690	$32,500	$15.60	$37,400	$18.00	120.5%

Montana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Billings	60	$27,600	$13.30	$38,900	$18.70	20.5%
Missoula	30	$26,600	$12.80	$29,800	$14.30	-8.3%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lincoln	80	$29,500	$14.20	$37,300	$18.00	-11%
Omaha	440	$28,200	$13.50	$35,700	$17.20	64%

Nevada
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Las Vegas	870	$27,700	$13.30	$38,700	$18.60	72.3%
Reno	40	$26,300	$12.60	$42,300	$20.30	-68.3%

New Hampshire
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manchester	50	$30,900	$14.90	$36,700	$17.60	-18.3%

New Jersey
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlantic City	50	$34,400	$16.60	$38,300	$18.40	-36.7%
Trenton	190	$37,300	$17.90	$61,900	$29.70	46.3%

New Mexico
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	160	$24,500	$11.80	$30,600	$14.70	-30.2%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	160	$28,700	$13.80	$31,500	$15.20	-38.5%
Buffalo	320	$30,400	$14.60	$37,000	$17.80	2.4%
New York (Area)	7,970	$34,800	$16.70	$44,100	$21.20	40.1%
Poughkeepsie	NA	$31,600	$15.20	$36,800	$17.70	NA
Rochester	260	$32,100	$15.40	$39,500	$19.00	-10.9%
Syracuse	190	$28,800	$13.90	$34,700	$16.70	3.7%
Utica	50	$26,200	$12.60	$31,000	$14.90	-35.7%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	30	$32,600	$15.70	$52,600	$25.30	-65.4%
Charlotte	400	$33,400	$16.10	$41,700	$20.10	-19.7%
Durham	80	$61,000	$29.30	$74,300	$35.70	-53.7%
Fayetteville	50	$26,900	$12.90	$33,300	$16.00	-35.8%
Greensboro	80	$28,000	$13.50	$38,000	$18.30	-61.3%
Raleigh	230	$36,100	$17.30	$39,400	$18.90	-20.5%
Wilmington	30	$32,400	$15.60	$41,900	$20.20	-61.5%
Winston-Salem	50	$32,300	$15.50	$37,000	$17.80	-57%

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	100	$25,700	$12.40	$34,500	$16.60	-46.2%
Cincinnati	420	$27,300	$13.10	$31,700	$15.20	-28.4%
Cleveland	580	$30,200	$14.50	$37,900	$18.20	-2.4%
Columbus	580	$19,800	$9.50	$30,600	$14.70	7.6%
Dayton	240	$23,800	$11.50	$28,000	$13.40	7.8%
Toledo	80	$23,000	$11.10	$25,500	$12.20	-52.3%
Youngstown	40	$21,200	$10.20	$26,900	$12.90	-67.6%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Oklahoma City	170	$23,600	$11.40	$31,200	$15.00	-48.6%
Tulsa	130	$29,200	$14.10	$32,400	$15.60	-49.2%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Eugene	70	$27,500	$13.20	$34,200	$16.40	-11.7%
Portland	620	$29,300	$14.10	$34,700	$16.70	5.9%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	440	$29,900	$14.40	$38,000	$18.30	126%
Erie	40	$28,300	$13.60	$36,300	$17.50	-41.3%
Harrisburg	170	$28,800	$13.90	$37,200	$17.90	-8.7%
Lancaster	130	$36,100	$17.40	$45,100	$21.70	-4.6%
Philadelphia (Area)	1,850	$30,900	$14.90	$39,400	$18.90	2.7%
Pittsburgh	610	$33,000	$15.90	$40,300	$19.40	-7%
Reading	210	$32,500	$15.60	$39,100	$18.80	118.7%
Scranton	150	$33,200	$15.90	$39,400	$19.00	1%
State College	40	$36,200	$17.40	$44,700	$21.50	8.7%
York	70	$32,300	$15.50	$39,200	$18.80	-30.6%

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	350	$30,800	$14.80	$37,000	$17.80	8.1%

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	100	$29,300	$14.10	$38,500	$18.50	-39.6%
Columbia	110	$30,500	$14.70	$35,100	$16.90	-45.5%
Greenville	90	$30,800	$14.80	$39,700	$19.10	-51.1%
Myrtle Beach	80	$25,500	$12.30	$29,500	$14.20	15.6%

South Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Rapid City	50	$29,000	$13.90	$34,300	$16.50	30.2%
Sioux Falls	50	$27,400	$13.20	$31,100	$15.00	-40.7%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chattanooga	50	$29,900	$14.40	$37,400	$18.00	-61.3%
Knoxville	80	$34,100	$16.40	$37,800	$18.20	-58.4%
Memphis	150	$32,700	$15.70	$45,500	$21.90	-57.7%
Nashville	510	$34,100	$16.40	$39,000	$18.70	20.9%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Austin	350	$33,800	$16.20	$37,600	$18.10	-23.8%
Corpus Christi	40	$18,500	$8.90	$33,500	$16.10	-64.9%
Dallas (Area)	2,130	$31,800	$15.30	$38,100	$18.30	8.3%
El Paso	110	$30,300	$14.60	$48,000	$23.10	-28%
Houston	2,200	$30,400	$14.60	$37,700	$18.10	45.5%
Lubbock	NA	$29,100	$14.00	$42,300	$20.30	NA
San Antonio	570	$30,000	$14.40	$35,800	$17.20	14.6%

Utah
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ogden	70	$23,600	$11.40	$33,900	$16.30	-39.9%
Provo	NA	$21,400	$10.30	$26,400	$12.70	NA
Salt Lake City	320	$29,600	$14.20	$40,100	$19.30	-10%

Vermont
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Burlington	NA	$31,000	$14.90	$36,700	$17.70	NA

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Richmond	270	$41,500	$19.90	$57,000	$27.40	-23.1%
Virginia Beach	490	$32,900	$15.80	$37,100	$17.80	13.1%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bremerton	NA	$34,800	$16.70	$67,100	$32.20	NA
Olympia	50	$29,400	$14.10	$35,600	$17.10	-14.1%
Seattle (Area)	1,270	$34,400	$16.50	$42,400	$20.40	-10.2%
Spokane	NA	$35,700	$17.20	$39,800	$19.20	NA

West Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Huntington	NA	$35,200	$16.90	$37,600	$18.10	NA

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Green Bay	120	$33,700	$16.20	$38,900	$18.70	26.7%
Madison	120	$30,700	$14.80	$36,000	$17.30	-37.9%
Milwaukee	550	$34,400	$16.50	$37,900	$18.20	13.4%
Racine	60	$27,400	$13.20	$34,500	$16.60	40.4%

Wyoming
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Cheyenne	30	$22,500	$10.80	$28,900	$13.90	35.1%