How much do Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks make in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

Percentile spread

For Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $40,750 and the 90th percentile is $62,090. The difference is $21,340, which is 48.2% 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 $40,830 to the 75th at $47,200, covers $6,370.

The mean annual wage is $48,050, which sits above the median of $44,230. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH median is 0.4% lower than the national median of $44,390 for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $40,853, which is 8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Massachusetts median of $44,230.

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Massachusetts, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 108.266, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $44,230 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks at $40,853 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH ranks 3rd of 9 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).).

• Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 58 miles away, with a median of $45,130 and employment of 220. That median is 2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,344, against $40,853 here.
• Barnstable Town, MA is 71 miles away, with a median of $47,480 and employment of 60. That median is 7.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,276, against $40,853 here.
• Portland-South Portland, ME is 84 miles away, with a median of $40,470 and employment of 190. That median is 8.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,732, against $40,853 here.

Employment share

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (1,470 of 2,703,890). Nationally the occupation is 0.08% of employment (118,710 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.71 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.