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Average Hotel, Motel, And Resort Desk Clerks Salary in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC

Hotel, Motel, And Resort Desk Clerks in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC earn a median annual salary of $35,550, which is +1.4% compared to the national median. There are 530 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC (metro area).

$35,550
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC median annual wage
$17/hour median
+1.4%
Difference vs national median
National median is $35,070
530
Local employment
6.5 jobs per 1,000 workers
3.84
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$20,610
25th
$29,070
Median
$35,550
75th
$37,330
90th
$44,980

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
98.0%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$36,269
Goods: 96.3%
Services: 88.1%
Rents: 101.2%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Kahului-Wailuku, HI $60,360 Compare 730
Urban Honolulu, HI $59,940 Compare 1,360
Burlington-South Burlington, VT $46,500 Compare 140
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $45,230 Compare 1,360
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $44,670 Compare 3,390
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $44,520 Compare 2,470

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Physicians, All Other $412,490 0.59
Family Medicine Physicians $276,020 0.57
General Internal Medicine Physicians $227,660 1.36
Chief Executives $174,230 0.60
Computer And Information Systems Managers $144,990 0.16
Dentists, General $144,640 0.73
Pharmacists $137,360 1.06
Financial Managers $128,900 0.63

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC has salary data for 275 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Hotel, Motel, And Resort Desk Clerks in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Hotel, Motel, And Resort Desk Clerks are projected to change by +3.7% from 2024 to 2034, with 43,600 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.