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What hotel managers make
Median
$69,250
Bottom tenth
$40,070
Top tenth
$128,880
The national median is $69,250 a year, the bottom tenth earn $40,070 or less and the top tenth $128,880 or more, in the 2025 survey. The federal wage survey calls this job Lodging Managers, which covers everyone from the owner of a 20-room motel to the general manager of a 900-room convention hotel, so the spread is wide.