Travel Agents
SOC Code: 41-3041
Travel Agentss collect payment for transportation and accommodations from customer. This career typically requires medium preparation (1-2 years). With an AI-proof score of 72.0/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Service Orientation, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension.
AI-Proof Score: 72.0 — High
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Median Salary
$48,450
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Job Growth
2.2%
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Training Time
Medium preparation (1-2 years)
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Job Zone
Zone 3 / 5
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Training Cost
~$15,000
Key Skills
- •Service Orientation
- •Active Listening
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Speaking
- •Critical Thinking
- •Social Perceptiveness
- •Persuasion
Common Tasks
- ✓Collect payment for transportation and accommodations from customer.
- ✓Plan, describe, arrange, and sell itinerary tour packages and promotional travel incentives offered by various travel carriers.
- ✓Converse with customer to determine destination, mode of transportation, travel dates, financial considerations, and accommodations required.
- ✓Compute cost of travel and accommodations, using calculator, computer, carrier tariff books, and hotel rate books, or quote package tour's costs.
- ✓Record and maintain information on clients, vendors, and travel packages.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation