What Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks earn in Kings County, NY
According to the latest federal wage data for the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area, the median pay for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks in Kings County, NY is $41,600 a year, or $20.00 an hour. After federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare and state income tax, the paycheck shrinks to $33,871 a year, and rent, food and energy take another bite. The sections below walk through each step with the actual math for Kings County, NY.
The mean wage is $47,110, which is 13.2% above the median, a sign that a group of high earners lifts the average. The survey counts about 7,210 people working in this occupation across the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area, so the estimate rests on a substantial pool of workers. Kings County, NY has roughly 2,631,580 residents, according to the population figures used by the rent data.
The salary range, from entry level to top earners
Pay for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area is not one number. The lowest-paid tenth of workers earn up to $37,340 a year ($17.95 an hour), while the highest-paid tenth earn $74,560 or more ($35.85 an hour). That is a gap of $37,220 between the bottom and the top of the scale. The middle half of workers falls between $38,780 at the 25th percentile and $47,180 at the 75th percentile. A top-tier earner makes 2.0 times what someone at the bottom makes, so experience, certification and employer all matter.
What the hourly rate looks like
Converted to an hourly wage, the median for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks in Kings County, NY is $20.00. A full-time schedule of 40 hours for 52 weeks adds up to $41,600, and the same salary is $3,467 a month before taxes or about $1,600 per biweekly pay period. After taxes the same job pays $16.28 per hour of take-home income, which is the number that actually has to cover rent and groceries.
About this occupation: Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
The U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET database describes the work of Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks this way: "Make and confirm reservations for transportation or lodging, or sell transportation tickets. May check baggage and direct passengers to designated concourse, pier, or track; deliver tickets and contact individuals and groups to inform them of package tours; or provide tourists with travel or transportation information."
Core tasks recorded by O*NET include: "Plan routes, itineraries, and accommodation details, and compute fares and fees, using schedules, rate books, and computers"; "Make and confirm reservations for transportation and accommodations, using telephones, faxes, mail, and computers"; "Answer inquiries regarding information, such as schedules, accommodations, procedures, or policies"; "Assemble and issue required documentation, such as tickets, travel insurance policies, or itineraries".
Job outlook for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects national employment in this occupation to grow from 120,100 jobs in 2025 to 123,100 in 2035, a change of +2.5%, slower than the 3.5% projected for all occupations. The projection counts 11,800 openings a year on average, including positions created by growth and positions left by workers who retire or move to another occupation; that equals 9.8% of current employment each year.
Typical entry-level education: high school diploma or equivalent. Typical on-the-job training to reach competency: short-term on-the-job training. BLS lists a national median annual wage of $44,390 for this occupation; the Kings County, NY median of $41,600 is 6.3% below it.
How pay in Kings County, NY compares
Compared with the New York average
Pay for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks in Kings County, NY is in line with the statewide figure: $41,600 locally against an employment-weighted New York average of $41,630, a difference of only $30 (0.1%). Within New York, Kings County, NY already has the highest median we track for this job.
Compared with the national average
The national employment-weighted average for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks is $43,527 across the contiguous United States. At $41,600, Kings County, NY pays $1,927 less, which is 4.4% below that benchmark. Keep in mind that a higher salary only helps if living costs do not rise faster, which is why the cost sections below matter as much as the headline number.
Where this job ranks in Kings County, NY
Among the 671 occupations with published wages in Kings County, NY, Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks ranks number 619 by median pay, ahead of about 8% of them. The best-paying occupation we track here is Anesthesiologists at $460,800 a year, which is $419,200 more than the median for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks.
From gross pay to take-home pay
A salary of $41,600 does not arrive in full. We model a single filer with wage income only, the standard deduction and tax-year 2025 rules, and we keep the three tax layers apart: federal income tax, FICA (Social Security and Medicare) and state income tax. Together they take $7,729 a year, which leaves $33,871, or $2,823 a month.
Put another way, of every $100 earned, about $19 goes to taxes and $81 reaches the paycheck. The overall effective tax rate is 18.6%.
Federal income tax
After the $15,750 standard deduction, taxable income is $25,850. Federal brackets are marginal, so only the slice of income above each threshold is taxed at the higher rate; the last dollars of this salary fall in the 12% bracket. The resulting federal income tax is $2,864, an effective 6.9% of gross pay, well below the 12% marginal rate because the lower brackets are cheaper.
Social Security and Medicare (FICA)
Payroll taxes are a flat percentage of wages. Social Security takes 6.2% up to a wage base of $176,100, which costs $2,579 on this salary. Medicare takes 1.45%, or $603. FICA totals $3,182, which is 7.6% of gross pay.
State income tax in New York
New York income tax on this salary is $1,683 a year, or 4.0% of gross pay, after the state's own deductions and exemptions are applied. That is 59% of the federal income tax bill, and it comes out to $140 a month. Local taxes such as county or city income taxes are not included, so a few jurisdictions may withhold slightly more.
A cross-check with IRS data for Kings County, NY
IRS Statistics of Income data for Kings County, NY show an average adjusted gross income of $85,914 per return and an average effective federal income tax rate of 16.4% across all filers. Filers in the $25,000 to under $50,000 bracket, where this salary falls, paid an average of 5.1%, compared with the 6.9% estimated here for a single filer taking the standard deduction. Gaps between the two reflect filing status, dependents, credits and other income, none of which a single-person wage estimate includes.
Cost of living in Kings County, NY
Take-home pay only means something next to what life costs. We price four basics for one adult in Kings County, NY: a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline. All of them are converted to annual figures first, then compared with the $33,871 of take-home pay.
Rent
The HUD Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Kings County, NY is $2,729 a month, or $32,748 a year. A two-bedroom costs $2,971 a month. For Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks, a one-bedroom absorbs 96.7% of take-home pay and 78.7% of gross pay.
Food
The USDA Thrifty Food Plan (August 2026) puts the cost of a nutritious home-cooked diet for an adult at about $3,436 a year, which is $286 a month or $66.07 a week. That equals 8.3% of gross pay for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks in Kings County, NY. It is a thrifty budget with no restaurant meals, so treat it as a floor.
Energy and gasoline
Using New York residential prices from the Energy Information Administration and national household averages for consumption, electricity costs about $2,581 a year and other home energy such as natural gas about $653, for $3,235 in total. Gasoline in New York averages $3.17 per gallon; at about 463 gallons a year (11,106 miles at 24 miles per gallon) fuel adds $1,467.
What is left over
The basics cost $40,885 a year in Kings County, NY, but take-home pay for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks is $33,871. That is a shortfall of $7,014 a year, or $585 a month, before health care, transportation beyond fuel, debt or savings. Closing the gap would take roughly 431 extra paid hours a year at the take-home hourly rate of $16.28, or a second earner, a cheaper home or a roommate.
Local housing and commute data for Kings County, NY
The budget above covers rent, food, energy and gasoline. Three more local facts shape what a paycheck buys in Kings County, NY: property taxes, housing prices and the daily commute. The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Kings County, NY, set beside the New York and national medians.
Property taxes in Kings County, NY
Homeowners in Kings County, NY pay a median of $6,382 a year in real estate taxes, 3% below the New York median of $6,582 and 105% above the U.S. median of $3,119. Against a median home value of $905,000, the median tax bill is 0.71% of that value (the ratio of the two county medians). For a worker paid the local Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks median of $41,600, a tax bill of that size would equal 15.3% of gross pay, which matters for anyone planning to buy rather than rent.
Rents, home prices and household income in Kings County, NY
Renters in Kings County, NY pay a median gross rent of $1,833 a month in the Census survey, 13% above the New York median of $1,621. HUD's Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment, which this site uses in the budget, is $2,729 a month; the two measures differ because the Census figure covers units of every size that renters already occupy, while the HUD figure is a one-bedroom benchmark. The median value of an owner-occupied home is $905,000, 114% above the New York median of $423,800. Median household income is $80,263, 7% below the New York median of $85,974, so a year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent equals 40.8% of that income.
Commuting in Kings County, NY
Workers in Kings County, NY who travel to a workplace spend an average of 41.7 minutes each way, 28% above the New York average of 32.6. For someone who commutes five days a week, that is 7.0 hours of round-trip travel every week, a cost the budget does not price. 19.1% of workers in Kings County, NY work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally, which removes the commute for them.
Can Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks afford to live in Kings County, NY?
The 30% rent guideline
A common rule of thumb says rent should stay under 30% of gross income. For a gross salary of $41,600 that ceiling is $1,040 a month. The one-bedroom Fair Market Rent of $2,729 is $1,689 over it, so rent breaks the guideline. Put as a wage, covering a one-bedroom at the 30% guideline takes $52.48 an hour; the median for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks is $20.00, which is 62% below that mark. Another way to see it: at $16.28 of take-home pay an hour, a one-bedroom takes about 38.7 working hours every week.
Splitting a two-bedroom
Sharing a two-bedroom at $2,971 a month means $1,486 each. Compared with renting a one-bedroom alone, that saves $14,922 a year. With a roommate, the yearly margin after the basics becomes $7,908, which turns the shortfall into a surplus.
How fast you can save
With no monthly margin after the four basics, saving requires a change on one side of the ledger: higher pay than the $41,600 median, lower housing costs than the $2,729 one-bedroom rent, or a second income.
Frequently asked questions about Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks pay in Kings County, NY
What is the hourly wage for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks in Kings County, NY?
The median is $20.00 per hour, based on $41,600 a year over 2,080 hours. Hourly pay runs from about $17.95 at the 10th percentile to $35.85 at the 90th percentile.
What is the take-home pay for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks in Kings County, NY?
After federal income tax, FICA and state income tax, the median salary of $41,600 becomes $33,871 a year. That is $2,823 a month, $1,303 every two weeks or $651 a week.
What percentage of pay goes to taxes for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks in Kings County, NY?
Total taxes are $7,729 a year, an effective rate of 18.6%: $2,864 federal income tax, $3,182 FICA and $1,683 New York income tax.
Is pay for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks in Kings County, NY above the New York average?
It is about the same. The local median of $41,600 is within 0.1% of the New York average of $41,630.
Is a one-bedroom rent affordable on the median Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks salary in Kings County, NY?
A one-bedroom costs $2,729 a month against take-home pay of $2,823, which is 96.7% of take-home pay. That does not meet the 30%-of-gross guideline, which allows up to $1,040 a month.
How much is left after rent, food and energy for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks in Kings County, NY?
Nothing remains: the basics cost $40,885 a year, which is $7,014 more than take-home pay, a monthly shortfall of $585.
What hourly wage covers a one-bedroom in Kings County, NY at the 30% guideline?
$52.48 an hour for a full-time schedule, calculated as the $32,748 annual rent divided by 0.30 and by 2,080 hours. The median for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks is $20.00.
How we calculated these numbers
Wages are May 2025 medians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area; hourly-only values are annualized at 2,080 hours. Rents are HUD Fair Market Rents, food costs come from the USDA Thrifty Food Plan, and energy prices come from the Energy Information Administration. County-level tax statistics come from the IRS Statistics of Income.
Taxes use tax-year 2025 federal brackets, FICA rates and the New York rules for a single filer with wage income only. Figures are estimates for planning and comparison, not tax or financial advice, and they exclude local income taxes, benefits, retirement contributions and individual circumstances.