Lodging Managers salary

SOC 11-9081 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$69,250

per year, nationally

Middle half

$49,530–$94,030

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

42,620

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+3.4%

5,400 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$40,070$128,880

10th: $40,070
25th: $49,530
Median: $69,250
75th: $94,030
90th: $128,880

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: Less than 5 years
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where lodging managers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Hawaii	$114,070	110.0	200	1.16×
2	New Jersey	$107,720	108.8	450	0.38×
3	Rhode Island	$106,630	102.3	110	0.78×
4	Washington	$101,350	107.0	450	0.46×
5	Massachusetts	$97,350	105.8	—	—
6	Colorado	$91,750	103.1	1,100	1.40×
7	Vermont	$81,440	98.0	210	2.50×
8	Alaska	$80,060	102.4	—	—
9	New York	$79,460	107.9	2,880	1.09×
10	New Hampshire	$79,210	104.2	90	0.48×
11	Minnesota	$78,890	98.6	250	0.31×
12	Nevada	$78,110	100.0	490	1.14×
13	Arizona	$77,670	100.7	680	0.77×
14	California	$76,950	110.7	5,070	1.02×
15	Connecticut	$76,940	103.6	210	0.46×
16	District of Columbia	$75,610	109.9	260	1.33×
17	Delaware	$73,850	99.8	130	0.97×
18	Wisconsin	$73,590	94.1	1,130	1.40×
19	Maryland	$73,260	105.0	440	0.58×
20	West Virginia	$72,800	89.5	180	0.93×
21	Alabama	$69,420	88.8	570	0.98×
22	Florida	$69,120	103.4	4,790	1.76×
23	Nebraska	$67,990	90.1	330	1.18×
24	New Mexico	$67,320	92.2	370	1.55×
25	Indiana	$67,070	93.3	570	0.64×
26	Utah	$67,060	98.9	—	—
27	Virginia	$66,990	101.1	—	—
28	Montana	$66,580	94.6	670	4.80×
29	Idaho	$65,390	95.5	70	0.29×
30	Kansas	$64,220	90.1	300	0.77×
31	North Carolina	$63,860	94.3	1,460	1.08×
32	Oregon	$63,220	103.4	1,170	2.18×
33	Tennessee	$63,050	91.9	610	0.67×
34	Louisiana	$63,000	88.2	380	0.72×
35	South Carolina	$62,990	93.7	640	1.01×
36	North Dakota	$62,770	89.0	270	2.31×
37	Mississippi	$62,550	87.0	290	0.90×
38	Maine	$62,400	97.0	740	4.19×
39	Texas	$62,000	97.1	3,900	1.01×
40	South Dakota	$61,920	88.6	310	2.45×
41	Illinois	$61,530	100.0	740	0.44×
42	Wyoming	$61,190	92.7	420	5.43×
43	Georgia	$61,060	96.3	1,580	1.18×
44	Pennsylvania	$60,980	97.6	—	—
45	Iowa	$59,680	87.8	410	0.96×
46	Kentucky	$59,440	90.2	—	—
47	Michigan	$58,970	96.2	—	—
48	Oklahoma	$50,740	87.8	440	0.93×
49	Ohio	$48,690	92.8	1,490	0.98×
50	Missouri	$46,880	90.8	170	0.21×
51	Arkansas	$45,870	86.9	480	1.35×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where lodging managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for lodging managers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$129,230	111.1	220	0.39×
2	Urban Honolulu, HI	$115,190	111.0	70	0.60×
3	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$106,940	109.4	70	3.25×
4	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$106,040	98.9	110	2.32×
5	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$102,180	100.9	40	1.34×
6	Napa, CA	$100,350	112.6	80	3.74×
7	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$98,300	101.8	120	0.61×
8	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$97,860	108.3	—	—
9	Barnstable Town, MA	$97,390	98.4	60	2.28×
10	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$96,470	105.8	390	0.88×
11	Boulder, CO	$95,640	105.2	40	0.74×
12	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$94,460	110.4	190	0.62×
13	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$94,030	112.6	1,910	0.73×
14	Worcester, MA	$93,720	102.5	40	0.39×
15	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$91,390	104.8	120	0.23×
16	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$89,010	115.6	660	1.01×
17	Naples-Marco Island, FL	$88,410	103.2	80	1.68×
18	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$85,160	101.1	70	1.49×
19	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$83,830	100.9	140	0.63×
20	Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	$82,890	94.7	60	2.46×
21	Flagstaff, AZ	$82,840	100.3	90	4.89×
22	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$82,410	100.2	360	1.16×
23	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	$81,650	102.3	200	2.45×
24	Kingston, NY	$80,590	100.7	60	3.62×
25	Tuscaloosa, AL	$80,240	87.7	40	1.20×
26	Colorado Springs, CO	$80,060	100.7	110	1.24×
27	Duluth, MN-WI	$79,410	88.8	30	0.99×
28	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$79,410	107.8	130	2.37×
29	Mobile, AL	$79,340	88.1	50	1.04×
30	Tucson, AZ	$79,250	96.9	100	0.94×
31	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$78,800	111.9	500	1.18×
32	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$78,610	97.6	90	0.94×
33	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$78,000	103.3	360	0.56×
34	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$77,900	106.9	40	0.35×
35	Ogden, UT	$77,890	100.3	60	0.77×
36	Madison, WI	$77,720	97.3	110	0.97×
37	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$77,600	108.9	670	0.78×
38	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$77,300	96.9	130	0.56×
39	Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	$77,150	87.7	30	2.91×
40	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$77,030	98.1	360	1.03×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where lodging managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

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Architectural and Engineering Managers$171,270
Social and Community Service Managers$80,390