Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks build social perceptiveness, service orientation and coordination skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Cashiers (89%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cashiers | 89% | $32,880 | −6% | None |
| 2 | Counter and Rental Clerks | 88% | $41,300 | +18% | None |
| 3 | Concierges | 88% | $38,950 | +11% | None |
| 4 | Office Clerks, General | 85% | $45,010 | +28% | None |
| 5 | Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants | 84% | $36,300 | +4% | None |
| 6 | Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | 84% | $32,910 | −6% | None |
| 7 | Tellers | 82% | $43,030 | +23% | None |
| 8 | Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 81% | $45,930 | +31% | None |
| 9 | Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | 81% | $31,200 | −11% | None |
| 10 | Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 81% | $47,540 | +36% | None |
Compared with Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks, median $35,070. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
89% skill match · $32,880 · −6% pay
Operation and Control
88% skill match · $41,300 · +18% pay
Operation and Control · Management of Material Resources · Equipment Selection
88% skill match · $38,950 · +11% pay
Coordination · Service Orientation · Management of Material Resources
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Cashiers (89% skill match, median $32,880), Counter and Rental Clerks (88% skill match, median $41,300) and Concierges (88% skill match, median $38,950), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 20 pay more than hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks at the median. The biggest increases: Gambling Managers (+166%, $93,220), First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers (+82%, $63,820) and Postal Service Clerks (+77%, $62,130).
25 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.