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Career Information for Travel Agents in Florida

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Fast Facts for Travel Agents in Florida

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Orlando, Miami, and Fort Lauderdale
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Tallahassee, Gainesville, and Cape Coral
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Orlando, Miami, and Tampa

Salaries for Travel Agents in Florida

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: West Palm Beach, Jacksonville, and Fort Walton Beach. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Travel Agents in Florida are listed below.

Selected Online Schools for Travel Agents in Florida

Central Pennsylvania College
Online

Central Pennsylvania College (CPC) provides online and campus-based classes, with school sponsored housing and bachelors degree programs that only take 3 years to complete.

  • Programs: Travel & Tourism Operations
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate

Stratford Career Institute
Online

Career training in several fields. Offered in a distance-learning format.

  • Programs: Travel And Tourism
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Florida Travel Agent Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Broward CollegeFort LauderdaleAssociate31,730
Florida International UniversityMiamiDoctorate & First Professional38,182
Miami Dade CollegeMiamiBachelor54,094
University of Central FloridaOrlandoDoctorate48,398

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Travel Agents

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Florida. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Travel Agents

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Travel Agents relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

FLORIDA

   
Orlando2,380$28,2903.6
Miami2,040$26,7703.2
Fort Lauderdale1,190$27,7502.6
Sarasota390$19,8802.4
Fort Walton Beach100$31,9702.3
Pensacola200$24,3802.2
Deltona190$26,7602
Tampa1,230$26,3201.6
Port St. Lucie120$26,5201.6
West Palm Beach500$33,5901.5
Naples90$29,8301.3
Jacksonville470$32,6901.2
Sebastian30$28,2701.1
Palm Bay120$30,7501
Cape Coral120$28,4200.9
Gainesville50$27,1300.7
Tallahassee50$25,7300.5
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