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How to become Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
Median annual wage for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks (43-4181) — BLS OEWS, May 2023.
What you would actually do
The tasks that make up the work of Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks, weighted by how central each one is to the job.
- Review customer information.
- Track goods or materials.
- Handle luggage or other possessions for patrons.
- Assist disabled or incapacitated individuals.
- Discuss goods or services information with customers or patrons.
- Assist individuals with paperwork.
- Collect deposits, payments or fees.
- Compile data or documentation.
The skills that actually carry the job
Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.
- Active Listening4.0/5
- Speaking4.0/5
- Service Orientation4.0/5
- Social Perceptiveness3.6/5
- Reading Comprehension3.5/5
- Critical Thinking3.4/5
- Persuasion3.3/5
- Writing3.1/5
- Coordination3.1/5
- Judgment and Decision Making3.1/5
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix measured for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Conventional5.7/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Social4.4/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
- Enterprising4.0/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
- Realistic2.1/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
- Artistic1.3/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
- Investigative1.0/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.
