Hotel Manager: what the job is, what it pays, and how to get hired.
The work, the skills that matter, the tools in demand and the pay range, from U.S. government data, plus every TryHired page for the role.
10% of hotel managers earn less than this amount.
- Annual
- $40,070
- Hourly
- $19.27
- Source
- BLS May 2025
25% of hotel managers earn less than this amount.
- Annual
- $49,530
- Hourly
- $23.81
- Source
- BLS May 2025
Half of hotel managers earn more than this and half earn less.
- Annual
- $69,250
- Hourly
- $33.29
- Source
- BLS May 2025
75% of hotel managers earn less than this amount.
- Annual
- $94,030
- Hourly
- $45.21
- Source
- BLS May 2025
90% of hotel managers earn less than this amount.
- Annual
- $128,880
- Hourly
- $61.96
- Source
- BLS May 2025
Hotel Managers plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that provides lodging and other accommodations. The median pay is $69,250 a year ($33.29 an hour) (BLS, May 2025). The most commonly reported education requirement is a bachelor's degree (72% of workers surveyed by O*NET).
- Median pay
- $69,250
- BLS May 2025
- Employed in the U.S.
- 42,620
- BLS May 2025
- Preparation
- Job Zone 4 of 5
- considerable preparation
- Most common education
- Bachelor's Degree
- 72% of workers
Data Government data groups this job as Lodging Managers (O*NET-SOC 11-9081.00). Figures on this page are for that occupation.
Hotel Managers at a glance
Lodging managers in the United States earned a median annual wage of $69,250 in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025
In its 2025–35 employment projections, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a high school diploma or equivalent as the typical entry-level education for lodging managers in the United States.
Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35
BLS projects employment of lodging managers in the United States to grow 3.8% from 2025 to 2035, with about 5,500 openings a year on average, including replacement openings.
Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35
BLS estimates that 24.6% of lodging managers in the United States had the ability to telework in 2025, a preliminary estimate of whether the job allows it, not a count of remote jobs.
Source: BLS Occupational Requirements Survey, 2025 preliminary
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Open →What hotel managers do day to day
Data Core tasks rated most important by workers in the role (O*NET).
- Answer inquiries pertaining to hotel policies and services, and resolve occupants' complaints.
- 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.
- Greet and register guests.
- Monitor the revenue activity of the hotel or facility.
- Manage and maintain temporary or permanent lodging facilities.
- Observe and monitor staff performance to ensure efficient operations and adherence to facility's policies and procedures.
- Coordinate front-office activities of hotels or motels, and resolve problems.
Ranked by importance to the job
Data O*NET importance ratings. The first three are core.
Knowledge areas: English Language, Administration and Management, Personnel and Human Resources, Customer and Personal Service, Mathematics, Sales and Marketing.
Software hotel managers use
Data Examples reported for the role; employer demand flags from O*NET.
- FacebookWeb page creation and editing softwareHot technology
- Anand Systems ASI FrontDeskFacilities management software
- Delphi TechnologyFinancial analysis software
- Execu/Tech Systems HOTEL PremiumFacilities management software
- GraceSoft Easy InnKeeping SuiteFacilities management software
- Hotel management system softwareFacilities management software
- Housekeeping management softwareFacilities management software
- INN-Client Server Systems ICSS AtriumFacilities management software
- M-Tech Hotel Service Optimization System HotSOSFacilities management software
- MICROS Systems OPERA Enterprise Solution OESFacilities management software
- Payroll softwareTime accounting software
- RedSky IT Entirety e-BookingFacilities management software
Also called: Bed and Breakfast Innkeeper, Front Desk Manager, Front Office Director, Front Office Manager, Guest Relations Manager, Guest Services Manager.
How this page is built
Tasks, skills, tools, education and related roles come from O*NET 31.0. Pay and employment come from the BLS OEWS May 2025 national estimates. The skill-match score is our calculation: Skill match is the cosine similarity of the two occupations' skill profiles: for each of 35 O*NET skills (10 essential, 25 transferable) we multiply importance by level and subtract the average across all occupations, then compare the direction of the two profiles. 100 means identical shape; 0 means unrelated or opposite (negative values are shown as 0). Only occupations that O*NET itself lists as related are compared.
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- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. TryHired selected, ranked and combined the data; O*NET is not responsible for these pages.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).
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