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Hospitality Career Statistics

Travel agents earned an average salary of $26,630 in 2002
Hotel managers earn about $34,000 annually, but the top 10% make more than $60,000!
Restaurant cooks in 2002 earned an average of $9.16/hour; Managers and supervisors made an average of $11.73/hour
About 61,000 establishments officially provided overnight accommodations in the United States in 2002
Hotels and similar establishments provided over 1.8 million paying jobs in 2002

In addition to that figure, about 37,000 people are self-employed in the industry

Employment in the restaurant and hotel industries is concentrated in densely populated cities, and in resort areas
About 8% of hotel and accommodations workers are members of a union, or covered by union contracts (the average across all industries is 15%)
Cooks employed by hotels earned more than cooks employed across all industries; $10.47 vs. $9.16 per hour
Travel agents held approximately 118,000 jobs in 2002; over 80% of them worked for travel agencies; almost 10% of them were self-employed
Travel agents employed by companies that focus on corporate sales (business travelers) earn more than those employed by agencies focusing on leisure sales