How much do Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

Percentile spread

For Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $44,080 and the 90th percentile is $80,430. The difference is $36,350, which is 74.9% 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 $45,720 to the 75th at $63,870, covers $18,150.

The mean annual wage is $56,760, which sits above the median of $48,520. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median is 9.3% higher than the national median of $44,390 for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $43,659, which is 1.6% 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 Washington median of $48,520.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.133, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $48,520 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks at $43,659 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ranks 2nd of 3 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).).

• Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 134 miles away, with a median of $44,320 and employment of 960. That median is 8.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,041, against $43,659 here.
• Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is 198 miles away, with a median of $48,990 and employment of 30. That median is 1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,821, against $43,659 here.

Employment share

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks accounts for 0.13% of wage-and-salary employment in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (2,790 of 2,086,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.08% of employment (118,710 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.75 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.