Baggage Porters and Bellhops salary

SOC 39-6011 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$37,080

per year, nationally

Middle half

$31,200–$44,130

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

28,510

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

-1.6%

4,600 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.

$27,040$51,600

10th: $27,040
25th: $31,200
Median: $37,080
75th: $44,130
90th: $51,600

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Short-term on-the-job training

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

Where baggage porters and bellhops 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	New York	$48,610	107.9	3,610	2.03×
2	Hawaii	$42,240	110.0	1,370	11.94×
3	New Jersey	$41,080	108.8	570	0.73×
4	Massachusetts	$41,040	105.8	1,300	1.96×
5	Washington	$41,010	107.0	270	0.41×
6	Oregon	$40,660	103.4	240	0.67×
7	Illinois	$40,390	100.0	1,480	1.32×
8	California	$40,040	110.7	2,940	0.88×
9	Colorado	$39,160	103.1	410	0.78×
10	District of Columbia	$38,170	109.9	380	2.97×
11	Kentucky	$37,940	90.2	260	0.72×
12	Connecticut	$37,420	103.6	130	0.43×
13	Nevada	$36,880	100.0	2,170	7.64×
14	Maine	$36,870	97.0	60	0.54×
15	Arizona	$36,740	100.7	490	0.82×
16	Virginia	$36,530	101.1	800	1.06×
17	Vermont	$36,490	98.0	90	1.63×
18	Maryland	$36,310	105.0	520	1.02×
19	Wyoming	$36,260	92.7	60	1.11×
20	Rhode Island	$34,300	102.3	40	0.45×
21	Pennsylvania	$34,270	97.6	700	0.63×
22	Nebraska	$33,640	90.1	70	0.39×
23	Idaho	$33,510	95.5	70	0.46×
24	North Carolina	$32,940	94.3	650	0.72×
25	Alaska	$32,150	102.4	70	1.23×
26	Tennessee	$32,060	91.9	570	0.94×
27	Arkansas	$31,200	86.9	60	0.23×
28	Wisconsin	$31,200	94.1	310	0.57×
29	Iowa	$31,150	87.8	30	0.11×
30	Texas	$31,080	97.1	1,050	0.41×
31	Michigan	$30,930	96.2	410	0.51×
32	Florida	$30,890	103.4	4,430	2.43×
33	Montana	$30,830	94.6	40	0.42×
34	Missouri	$30,800	90.8	260	0.48×
35	Utah	$30,730	98.9	240	0.75×
36	New Mexico	$29,890	92.2	90	0.54×
37	Georgia	$29,070	96.3	370	0.41×
38	Ohio	$28,200	92.8	80	0.08×
39	Indiana	$27,910	93.3	140	0.23×
40	Kansas	$27,870	90.1	30	0.12×
41	New Hampshire	$27,600	104.2	50	0.43×
42	South Dakota	$27,490	88.6	40	0.51×
43	Louisiana	$26,320	88.2	690	1.95×
44	Oklahoma	$26,260	87.8	130	0.41×
45	South Carolina	$25,850	93.7	330	0.77×
46	Alabama	$25,150	88.8	60	0.15×
47	West Virginia	$24,090	89.5	50	0.38×
48	Mississippi	$22,560	87.0	220	1.04×

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 baggage porters and bellhops wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for baggage porters and bellhops

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	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$51,900	115.6	500	1.16×
2	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$48,610	112.6	3,500	2.01×
3	Kingston, NY	$47,230	100.7	80	7.43×
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$46,140	110.4	80	0.41×
5	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$43,240	109.4	290	21.72×
6	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$43,090	108.3	1,100	2.23×
7	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$42,920	95.8	70	0.76×
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$42,780	111.1	200	0.53×
9	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$40,660	105.4	180	0.80×
10	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$40,520	113.6	1,000	0.87×
11	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$40,390	103.6	1,420	1.72×
12	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$40,210	107.8	30	0.83×
13	Urban Honolulu, HI	$39,660	111.0	780	9.51×
14	Napa, CA	$39,260	112.6	100	7.24×
15	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$39,160	105.8	180	0.62×
16	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$38,700	108.9	1,050	1.83×
17	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$38,480	99.6	70	0.85×
18	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$38,390	100.4	40	1.88×
19	Portland-South Portland, ME	$38,280	101.9	40	0.79×
20	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$38,150	111.9	450	1.59×
21	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$38,090	109.4	40	0.90×
22	Salinas, CA	$38,000	109.0	50	1.54×
23	Colorado Springs, CO	$37,910	100.7	—	—
24	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$37,260	100.2	2,040	9.80×
25	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$37,060	102.7	30	0.27×
26	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$37,040	103.3	340	0.78×
27	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$36,200	106.7	110	0.56×
28	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$35,820	108.8	70	2.03×
29	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$35,640	108.6	40	1.88×
30	Asheville, NC	$35,580	96.5	30	1.01×
31	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$35,410	93.1	100	0.78×
32	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$35,090	106.4	300	0.95×
33	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$35,050	102.6	290	0.55×
34	Syracuse, NY	$34,830	95.7	30	0.62×
35	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$34,770	103.1	410	0.55×
36	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$34,690	104.5	350	1.43×
37	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$34,570	101.8	50	0.38×
38	Pittsburgh, PA	$34,410	94.7	120	0.60×
39	Rochester, NY	$34,340	97.0	30	0.38×
40	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$33,790	100.0	80	1.11×

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 baggage porters and bellhops wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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