SOC 43-4081 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations · May 2025

How much do Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks make in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT is $36,140. The 10th percentile is $34,010 and the 90th percentile is $38,150. Employment is 270.

Median annual wage

$36,140

10th percentile
$34,010
25th percentile
$34,940
Median
$36,140
75th percentile
$37,250
90th percentile
$38,150
Mean
$36,810

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Two cooks working in a commercial kitchen in 1930
Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $34,010 and the 90th percentile is $38,150. The difference is $4,140, which is 11.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $34,940 to the 75th at $37,250, covers $2,310.

The mean annual wage is $36,810, which sits above the median of $36,140. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT median is 3.1% higher than the national median of $35,070 for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $35,980, which is 2.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.3% lower than the Connecticut median of $37,000.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT is 100.445, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $36,140 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks at $35,980 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

19 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks. Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT ranks 14th of 20 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 27 miles away, with a median of $36,640 and employment of 490. That median is 1.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,661, against $35,980 here.
  • New Haven, CT is 40 miles away, with a median of $37,520 and employment of 250. That median is 3.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,884, against $35,980 here.
  • Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 45 miles away, with a median of $37,710 and employment of 710. That median is 4.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,053, against $35,980 here.

Employment share

Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks accounts for 0.21% of wage-and-salary employment in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT (270 of 126,450). Nationally the occupation is 0.17% of employment (261,420 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.27 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT · Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks make in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT is $36,140. The 10th percentile is $34,010 and the 90th percentile is $38,150. Employment is 270.

How does that compare with the national median for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks?

The local median is 3.1% higher than the national median of $35,070.

What is Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks pay in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT is 100.445, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $36,140 is $35,980. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT compare with nearby metros for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks?

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 27 miles away, at $36,640. Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT ranks 14th of 20 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.