How To Become A Hotel Night Auditor: What It Is and Career Path

What is a hotel night auditor and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

2 min read

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being a hotel night auditor. For example, did you know that they make an average of $15.43 an hour? That's $32,094 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 0% and produce -5,200 job opportunities across the U.S.

ScoreHotel Night AuditorUS Average

Salary

2.5

Avg. Salary $32,094

Avg. Salary $59,228

Diversity

5.2

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 1.63%

Asian 9.44%

Black or African American 10.01%

Hispanic or Latino 20.16%

Unknown 7.07%

White 51.69%

Gender

female 45.24%

male 54.76%

Age - 34

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 34

Stress level

8.3

Stress level is high

7.1 - high

Complexity level

4.8

Complexity level is intermediate

7 - challenging

Work life balance

9.3

Work life balance is excellent

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become a hotel night auditor

Explore hotel night auditor education requirements

Most common hotel night auditor degrees

Bachelor's

46.4 %

Associate

20.7 %

High School Diploma

17.6 %

Start to develop specific hotel night auditor skills

Skills	Percentages
Reservations	20.48%
Customer Service	12.99%
Guest Service	7.23%
Guest Satisfaction	5.46%
Cash Handling	3.90%

Complete relevant hotel night auditor training and internships

Accountants spend an average of Less than 1 month on post-employment, on-the-job training. New hotel night auditors learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a hotel night auditor based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real hotel night auditor resumes.

Research hotel night auditor duties and responsibilities

Operate hotel switchboard, take calls and provide information and transfer calls and manage accurate accounting of all rooms.
Process & reconcile wholesaler reservations.
Check account information and charges with every reservations and finding solutions to any current reservations before night audit.
Receive outstanding weekly performance evaluations in the areas of job knowledge, dependability, resourcefulness and overall professionalism.

Prepare your hotel night auditor resume

When your background is strong enough, you can start writing your hotel night auditor resume.

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Apply for hotel night auditor jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a hotel night auditor job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

Browse job boards for relevant postings
Consult your professional network
Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
Watch out for job scams

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Hotel night auditor reviews

A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2019

Pros

Leaving aside all cons of living opposite to the rest of the world, working the night shift has also its pros: You avoid most of the Check Outs of that day and dealing with most of the guests, meaning (almost) no angry people asking for discounts because they couldn't reach the remote control. Also, no queues at the Front Desk. In some cases, working the nights could mean that there will be no bosses or supervisors around, and if you get along with they guys at the bar you might even get unlimited free coffee or sodas (and even snacks). Also: Breaks! You get to have a lot of breaks during the night shift, which you would only dream having during the day. Remember that new meme's website your friend told you about? Yes, you can watch the whole 293 pages in a quiet night during the low season. Lastly, as you are treated just like another Recepcionist, you also get your cut of all comissionable sales.

Cons

Lay overs: Everyone hates getting their flight cancelled or delayed, but no one hates it as much as the clerks of the hotels that receive the passengers of those flights. No more rest: You never get used to sleep while there's so much sun and so much noise and movement outside. You start feeling permanently tired. No amount of hours of sleep are enough to feel well rested. Earplugs and eyepatches become your new best friends No more social life: If you have no friends, then you're good. But if you do, then you will have to accept to sacrifice a lot of moments in your life. Depending on what part of the globe you live in, working the nights could mean no more going out for a drink with the guys, or no more dining with your wife or gf, or no more b-day parties, or no more going out to the theater. Bsically anything that is usually done during the evening, unless you stay in the same place long enough to get your days off on weekends, which is rare in hospitality. If you live in a country where you would have dinner at 6 or 7 p.m., then perhaps you're gonna have it a bit better. All alone, for everything: No bosses could mean you're all alone to make all decisions for any trouble that may arise, and theb take whole responsibility on it. Get ready to get woken up by your boss who would like to get more details.