Lodging Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that provides lodging and other accommodations.
- Median pay
- $69,250
- Doing it now
- 54,800
- By 2035
- Up 3.8%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
a year
across the country
5,500 openings a year
to get in
What the work involves
- Greet and register guests.
- Answer inquiries pertaining to hotel policies and services, and resolve occupants' complaints.
- Assign duties to workers, and schedule shifts.
- Coordinate front-office activities of hotels or motels, and resolve problems.
- Participate in financial activities, such as the setting of room rates, the establishment of budgets, and the allocation of funds to departments.
- Confer and cooperate with other managers to ensure coordination of hotel activities.
- Manage and maintain temporary or permanent lodging facilities.
What to study
The fields of study the Department of Education links to this occupation, most widely taught first.
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementSee 293 colleges that teach it
Who it suits
O*NET scores every occupation on six interest dimensions. This one leans hardest on these three.
Leading and persuading
Organised and precise
Helping and teaching
Careers like this one
Where this comes from: the description and the task list are O*NET, which the Department of Labor maintains. Pay, workforce size, outlook and the education normally needed are the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections programme, 2025 wages and 2025 to 2035 projections. Half of them earn more than $69,250 a year, which means half earn less, and what you would earn depends on where you work and how long you have been doing it. The fields of study come from the National Center for Education Statistics crosswalk.