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What travel agents make
Median
$50,160
First years
$34,610
Top tenth
$76,660
The national median is $50,160 a year and the bottom tenth earn about $34,610. Treat that as the figure for people doing it full time. A large share of this field is self-employed or works part time through a host agency, and their earnings vary far more than the survey range suggests.