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Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks vs Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity

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A factual, source-backed comparison of Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks and Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$41,460
$57,440
Employment · BLS OEWS
127,440
148,980
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
95th pct
64th pct

At a glance

Dimension Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity
Median pay $41,460 $57,440
Employment 127,440 148,980
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+2.8%) About average (+4.3%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 14,400 20,900
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies High · 95th pct Moderate · 64th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 94th pct · 56% of tasks —
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Automation-leaning (45.7%) —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No —

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Customer and Personal Service, Oral Expression, Active Listening, Speaking, Service Orientation, Oral Comprehension, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, English Language, Public Safety and Security, Social Perceptiveness, Written Comprehension, Information Ordering, Transportation, Critical Thinking, Near Vision, Time Management, Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning, Monitoring, Selective Attention, Flexibility of Closure, Time Sharing.

Specific to Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks

  • Computers and Electronics
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Geography
  • Persuasion
  • Writing
  • Coordination
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Written Expression

Specific to Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity

  • Far Vision
  • Operation and Control
  • Control Precision
  • Multilimb Coordination
  • Depth Perception
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Spatial Orientation
  • Response Orientation

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Internet browser software .

Specific to Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks

Specific to Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks or Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks vs Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/reservation-and-transportation-ticket-agents-and-travel-clerks-vs-bus-drivers-transit-and-intercity

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks vs Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/reservation-and-transportation-ticket-agents-and-travel-clerks-vs-bus-drivers-transit-and-intercity

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-reservation-and-transportation-ticket-agents-and-travel-clerks-vs-bus-drivers-transit-and-intercity,
  title  = {Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks vs Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/reservation-and-transportation-ticket-agents-and-travel-clerks-vs-bus-drivers-transit-and-intercity}
}

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