Hotel reservationist vs desk clerk

The differences between hotel reservationists and desk clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a hotel reservationist has an average salary of $32,086, which is higher than the $29,096 average annual salary of a desk clerk.

The top three skills for a hotel reservationist include reservations, front desk and reservation system. The most important skills for a desk clerk are reservations, front desk, and customer service.

Hotel reservationist vs desk clerk overview

	Hotel Reservationist	Desk Clerk
Yearly salary	$32,086	$29,096
Hourly rate	$15.43	$13.99
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	1,856	113,183
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 42%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	-	-

Hotel reservationist vs desk clerk salary

Hotel reservationists and desk clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Hotel Reservationist	Desk Clerk
Average salary	$32,086	$29,096
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $43,000	Between $23,000 And $36,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Deborah's Place
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between hotel reservationist and desk clerk education

There are a few differences between a hotel reservationist and a desk clerk in terms of educational background:

	Hotel Reservationist	Desk Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 42%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Hotel reservationist vs desk clerk demographics

Here are the differences between hotel reservationists' and desk clerks' demographics:

	Hotel Reservationist	Desk Clerk
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 25.3% Female, 74.7%	Male, 30.0% Female, 70.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.9% Unknown, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino, 16.7% Asian, 14.3% White, 51.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%	Black or African American, 10.6% Unknown, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino, 16.5% Asian, 10.0% White, 55.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	13%	13%

Differences between hotel reservationist and desk clerk duties and responsibilities

Hotel reservationist example responsibilities.

Complete and process hotel reservations with professionalism and confidentiality.
Call center scheduling of national and international reservations, trouble shoot customer issues
Cater to the needs of the pets which include but are not limit to feeding, bathing and cleaning of pet facilities
Transmit and receive messages, using telephones or telephone switchboards.

Desk clerk example responsibilities.

Manage customer service issues with ease and charm and train other co workers in daily operations.
Assist with setting up meetings using PowerPoint presentations.
Book keeping, check ins, paperwork, PowerPoint, enter information into database.
Communicate with previous shift, organize shift and review reservations and update contingency
Position require guest reservations to be coordinate with housekeeping and maintenance needs.
Register new patients and updates existing patient demographics by collecting patient detail patient information including personal and financial information.

Hotel reservationist vs desk clerk skills

Common hotel reservationist skills

Reservations, 74%
Front Desk, 11%
Reservation System, 7%
Hotel Guests, 5%
Inbound Calls, 3%

Common desk clerk skills

Reservations, 22%
Front Desk, 14%
Customer Service, 12%
Room Availability, 11%
Direct Calls, 6%
Telephone Calls, 5%