Baggage Porters and Bellhops
What Baggage Porters and Bellhops Do
Handle baggage for travelers at transportation terminals or for guests at hotels or similar establishments.
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Career Outlook
National employment outlook, 2024–2034.
- Related work experience
- None
- On-the-job training
- Short-term on-the-job training
- Self-employed
- Not available
Source: BLS Employment Projections — 2024-2034.
How Much Preparation Does This Take?
Job Zone 2 of 5Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- Experience
- Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience.
- Education
- Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
- Job training
- Ranges from a few days to one year of on-the-job training.
Source: O*NET Job Zones.
Key Knowledge Areas
Subject-matter areas this occupation draws on most, per O*NET.
- Customer and Personal Serviceimportance 4.6/5
- English Languageimportance 3.7/5
- Public Safety and Securityimportance 3.4/5
- Transportationimportance 3.4/5
- Sales and Marketingimportance 2.8/5
- Education and Trainingimportance 2.7/5
- Computers and Electronicsimportance 2.7/5
- Telecommunicationsimportance 2.5/5
Work Environment
What the day-to-day work setting is like, per O*NET.
- Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions4.8/5
- In an Enclosed Vehicle or Operate Enclosed Equipment4.8/5
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled4.7/5
- Contact With Others4.4/5
- Deal With External Customers or the Public in General4.3/5
- Freedom to Make Decisions4.3/5
Careers With Similar Skills
Occupations whose Transferable Skills profile most closely matches this one — a mathematical comparison, not observed data about people actually moving between these careers.
- Parking Attendants96% skill match
- Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists95% skill match
- Correctional Officers and Jailers94% skill match
- Driver/Sales Workers94% skill match
- Meter Readers, Utilities94% skill match
- Food Preparation Workers94% skill match
- Passenger Attendants93% skill match
- Stockers and Order Fillers93% skill match
Transferable Skills
Cross-functional skills this occupation draws on most, per O*NET — the kind that carry over to other careers.
- Service Orientationimportance 3.8/5
- Coordinationimportance 3.0/5
- Social Perceptivenessimportance 2.9/5
- Complex Problem Solvingimportance 2.9/5
- Time Managementimportance 2.9/5
- Judgment and Decision Makingimportance 2.8/5
- Instructingimportance 2.5/5
- Operations Monitoringimportance 2.4/5
Software & Technologies
Tools and software used in this occupation, per O*NET.
Other Software Used
Work Style
Personal work characteristics that matter most for this occupation, per O*NET.
- Social Orientation
- Dependability
- Cooperation
- Integrity
- Optimism
- Empathy
- Self-Control
Career Interests
This occupation’s RIASEC interest profile, per O*NET — how strongly it fits each of the six Holland interest types.
- RealisticMedium
- ConventionalMedium
- SocialMedium
- EnterprisingLow
- InvestigativeLow
- ArtisticLow
This page includes information from the O*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.
Where This Career Is Most Concentrated
Metro areas where baggage porters and bellhops make up the largest share of local employment, relative to the national average (BLS location quotient).
- 1Kahului-Wailuku, HI21.72× national avg
- 2Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV9.80× national avg
- 3Urban Honolulu, HI9.51× national avg
- 4Kingston, NY7.43× national avg
- 5Napa, CA7.24× national avg
Possible Career Moves
A computed starting point, not observed job-change data — see the full list for why each one might fit.
- Passenger AttendantsCareer Change
- Parking AttendantsCareer Change
- Flight AttendantsCareer Change
- Couriers and MessengersCareer Change
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