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What travel agents make

Typical

$50,000

New agent

$36,000

Corporate or top seller

$73,000

Job Bank's national median is $24 an hour, about $50,000 a year full time. Pay is often a base plus commission, so a strong cruise or group seller can beat the top figure of about $73,000, and a slow one earns closer to the base.