Hotel Manager salary
What a hotel manager actually earns, from 251 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
Switch the market above to see hotel manager pay in the 3 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A hotel manager earns a blended US median near 69,082 dollars, with the typical middle running from 55,288 dollars to 90,800 dollars. The official OEWS median is 68,130 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 25 percent since 2019. Demand is rated high, and 0% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is sommelier, at 37 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open hotel manager roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Assistant Restaurant Manager at Kongresshaus Zürich AG / Zurich Convention Center Ltd.Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland1d agoApply
Assistant Restaurant Manager Jacks Brasserie (m/w/d) at Hotel Schweizerhof Bern AGBern, Bern, Switzerland4d agoApply- Gerente General De Hotel at Cluster Hotelero En San Luis Potosi Ave 1.0Zacatecas, Zac.1w agoApply
Assistant Restaurant Manager for "Paradiso Mountain Club" (m/f/d) - Badrutt-s Palace Hotel at Badrutt’s Palace HotelSt. Moritz, Graubünden, Switzerland1w agoApply- Front Office Manager at Radisson Blu Hotel ReussenAndermatt, Uri, Switzerland1w agoApply
- Ass. Front Office Manager at Hotel Monopol und MetropoleLuzern, Luzern, Switzerland1w agoApply
By country
- United Kingdom$47,753$54,574$63,901
- United States$55,288$69,082$90,800
- Australia$57,340$59,132$62,590
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 6'723/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 14 Führungskräfte in Hotels und Restaurants, im Handel und in der Erbringung sonstiger Dienstleistungen: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 80'676 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Maryland$77,750
- California$77,030
- New York$76,740
- Arizona$74,990
- Texas$70,430
- Florida$64,320
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a hotel manager profile already covers.
- 118 open pharmacist roles$153,453 median · +$84,371 · 17% readiness
- 490 open hr manager roles$109,266 median · +$40,184 · 14% readiness
- 600 open executive assistant roles$73,542 median · +$4,460 · 16% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a hotel manager.
Is your offer fair?
Run a specific number through FairElephant, which weighs it against this data, your location, and remote market rates.
Related salaries
- Sommelier salary$49,838 median
- Chef salary$64,916 median
- Event Planner salary$66,459 median
Quick answers
How much does a hotel manager make?
The blended US median is about 69,082 dollars, with a typical range from 55,288 dollars to 90,800 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 68,130 dollars.
Is hotel manager a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 0% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a hotel manager move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is sommelier, at 37 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 11-9081. Live corpus 251 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.