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Grows with AI
Lodging managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that provides lodging and other accommodations.
In the middle of the pack: more resilient than 59% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it high), and US jobs are projected to change by +3.8% by 2035, faster than average. The work leans on emotional intelligence and creative vision.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $69,250
- Job growth to 2035
- +3.8%
- Openings a year
- 5,500
- People doing it (2025)
- 54,800
- Usual route in
- High school diploma
Where people already use AI for this work
- Provide information to guests, clients, or customers
- Respond to customer problems or inquiries
- Communicate with others about operational plans or activities
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Maintain operational records
- Collect fares or payments
- Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures
What the work looks like
- Answer inquiries pertaining to hotel policies and services, and resolve occupants' complaints.
- Participate in financial activities, such as the setting of room rates, the establishment of budgets, and the allocation of funds to departments.
- Confer and cooperate with other managers to ensure coordination of hotel activities.
- Greet and register guests.
- Monitor the revenue activity of the hotel or facility.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Food service managersHuman edge, growing, Index 87, +5.8%
- Personal service managers, all otherGrows with AI, Index 67, +6.2%
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Also known as: Front Desk Manager, Front Office Manager, Hotel Manager, Resort Manager, Bed and Breakfast Innkeeper, Front Office Director, Guest Relations Manager, Guest Services Manager.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.