How much do Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks make in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC?

Percentile spread

For Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $27,270 and the 90th percentile is $36,140. The difference is $8,870, which is 30.6% 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 $28,150 to the 75th at $34,380, covers $6,230.

The mean annual wage is $30,980, which sits above the median of $28,970. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC median is 17.4% lower than the national median of $35,070 for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $32,795, which is 6.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.1% lower than the North Carolina median of $29,900.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC is 88.336, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $28,970 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks at $32,795 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

28 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks. Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC ranks 20th of 29 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).).

• Fayetteville, NC is 34 miles away, with a median of $28,380 and employment of 210. That median is 2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $30,855, against $32,795 here.
• Greensboro-High Point, NC is 52 miles away, with a median of $29,250 and employment of 560. That median is 1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,497, against $32,795 here.
• Durham-Chapel Hill, NC is 52 miles away, with a median of $30,960 and employment of 420. That median is 6.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,730, against $32,795 here.

Employment share

Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks accounts for 0.30% of wage-and-salary employment in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC (130 of 42,900). Nationally the occupation is 0.17% of employment (261,420 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.80 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.