How To Become A Motel Desk Clerk: What It Is and Career Path

What is a motel desk clerk 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 motel desk clerk. For example, did you know that they make an average of $13.7 an hour? That's $28,500 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 0% and produce -5,200 job opportunities across the U.S.

ScoreMotel Desk ClerkUS Average

Salary

2.2

Avg. Salary $28,500

Avg. Salary $59,228

Diversity

4.9

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 1.29%

Asian 10.04%

Black or African American 12.15%

Hispanic or Latino 17.14%

Unknown 6.51%

White 52.87%

Gender

female 70.63%

male 29.37%

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 motel desk clerk

Explore motel desk clerk education requirements

Most common motel desk clerk degrees

High School Diploma

40.7 %

Associate

22.2 %

Bachelor's

20.4 %

Start to develop specific motel desk clerk skills

Skills	Percentages
Reservations	56.21%
Customer Service	13.05%
Front Desk	9.92%
Telephone Calls	4.71%
Hotel Services	4.06%

Complete relevant motel desk clerk training and internships

Accountants spend an average of Less than 1 month on post-employment, on-the-job training. New motel desk clerks 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 motel desk clerk based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real motel desk clerk resumes.

Research motel desk clerk duties and responsibilities

Manage customer service issues with ease and charm and train other co workers in daily operations.
Specialize in making guest reservations, checking guest in and out of the hotel, utilize customer service skills.
Transmit and receive messages, using telephones and telephone switchboards.
Register new patients and updates existing patient demographics by collecting patient detail patient information including personal and financial information.

Prepare your motel desk clerk resume

When your background is strong enough, you can start writing your motel desk clerk resume.

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Apply for motel desk clerk jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a motel desk clerk 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

How do motel desk clerks rate their job?

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Motel desk clerk reviews

A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2020

Cons

Graveyard Shifts! Staying up alnight is hard most nights that I had to work from midnight to 8am. And watching people suffer the most at that hour of the night morning.

Pros

Helping People.As a child my Mom was a Nurse in Long-term Care. And as My Mom, I get the most out of life when I'm helping someone.