Tour and Travel Guides Salary

Median Salary
$38,120
per year
Hourly Rate
$18.33
per hour
Employment
53,500
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$28,520
25th percentile
$32,910
Median
$38,120
75th percentile
$47,700
90th percentile
$60,930

💰 Tour and Travel Guides Salary by State

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$22K
$54K■ No data
StateMedianvs. National
Washington$54,160+42.1%
District of Columbia$49,210+29.1%
Wyoming$47,020+23.3%
California$46,000+20.7%
Hawaii$45,940+20.5%
Vermont$45,920+20.5%
Maine$44,940+17.9%
New York$44,450+16.6%
Alaska$44,210+16.0%
Kansas$43,700+14.6%
Colorado$42,840+12.4%
Florida$41,600+9.1%
New Hampshire$41,600+9.1%
Maryland$40,310+5.7%
Georgia$40,190+5.4%
Montana$40,100+5.2%
Minnesota$39,650+4.0%
Nevada$39,360+3.3%
Oregon$39,260+3.0%
Utah$38,540+1.1%
Rhode Island$38,310+0.5%
Idaho$37,960-0.4%
Massachusetts$37,840-0.7%
Arizona$37,560-1.5%
New Mexico$37,080-2.7%
Illinois$36,780-3.5%
New Jersey$36,640-3.9%
Kentucky$36,070-5.4%
North Dakota$35,360-7.2%
South Carolina$35,190-7.7%
South Dakota$35,100-7.9%
Connecticut$35,090-7.9%
Michigan$35,090-7.9%
Arkansas$34,290-10.0%
Tennessee$33,760-11.4%
Delaware$33,210-12.9%
Texas$33,080-13.2%
Pennsylvania$32,910-13.7%
Ohio$32,800-14.0%
North Carolina$32,570-14.6%
Oklahoma$32,150-15.7%
Louisiana$32,060-15.9%
Missouri$31,980-16.1%
Alabama$31,700-16.8%
Nebraska$31,580-17.2%
Indiana$31,030-18.6%
Wisconsin$30,160-20.9%
West Virginia$28,570-25.1%
Mississippi$27,460-28.0%
Iowa$22,490-41.0%

🏙️ Tour and Travel Guides Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
Virgin Islands$102,020+167.6%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$63,630+66.9%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$59,330+55.6%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$55,870+46.6%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$54,550+43.1%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$52,480+37.7%
Casper, WY$51,120+34.1%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$50,320+32.0%
Topeka, KS$49,780+30.6%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$49,540+30.0%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$49,430+29.7%
Bozeman, MT$49,080+28.8%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$47,740+25.2%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$47,170+23.7%
Portland-South Portland, ME$47,070+23.5%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$46,920+23.1%
Salinas, CA$46,130+21.0%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$46,130+21.0%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$45,620+19.7%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$45,610+19.6%
Helena, MT$45,140+18.4%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$45,020+18.1%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$44,830+17.6%
Anchorage, AK$44,400+16.5%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$44,270+16.1%
Urban Honolulu, HI$43,860+15.1%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$43,800+14.9%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$43,670+14.6%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$43,650+14.5%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$43,370+13.8%
Napa, CA$43,280+13.5%
Jacksonville, FL$42,870+12.5%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$42,870+12.5%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$42,530+11.6%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$42,490+11.5%
Grand Junction, CO$42,050+10.3%
Visalia, CA$41,870+9.8%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$41,770+9.6%
Springfield, IL$41,660+9.3%
Fresno, CA$40,980+7.5%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$40,800+7.0%
Kingston, NY$40,760+6.9%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$40,450+6.1%
Bowling Green, KY$40,330+5.8%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$40,220+5.5%
Rochester, NY$39,940+4.8%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$39,650+4.0%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$39,520+3.7%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$39,360+3.3%
Monroe, LA$39,260+3.0%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$39,260+3.0%
St. George, UT$39,260+3.0%
Santa Fe, NM$39,100+2.6%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$38,960+2.2%
Barnstable Town, MA$38,880+2.0%
Fairbanks-College, AK$38,730+1.6%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$38,580+1.2%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$38,580+1.2%
Asheville, NC$38,450+0.9%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$38,440+0.8%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$38,310+0.5%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$38,270+0.4%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$38,090-0.1%
Bend, OR$38,070-0.1%
Flagstaff, AZ$37,980-0.4%
Boise City, ID$37,960-0.4%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$37,800-0.8%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$37,650-1.2%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$37,440-1.8%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$37,420-1.8%
Richmond, VA$37,350-2.0%
Greeley, CO$37,220-2.4%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$37,200-2.4%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$37,140-2.6%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$37,110-2.6%
Colorado Springs, CO$37,080-2.7%
Ogden, UT$37,080-2.7%
Columbus, OH$37,030-2.9%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$36,870-3.3%
Savannah, GA$36,860-3.3%
Reno, NV$36,480-4.3%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$36,440-4.4%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$36,430-4.4%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$36,400-4.5%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$36,120-5.2%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$36,100-5.3%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$35,990-5.6%
Worcester, MA$35,990-5.6%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$35,770-6.2%
Rapid City, SD$35,490-6.9%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$35,430-7.1%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$35,420-7.1%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$35,370-7.2%
Albuquerque, NM$35,360-7.2%
Charlottesville, VA$35,250-7.5%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$35,160-7.8%
Ann Arbor, MI$35,090-7.9%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$35,090-7.9%
Winchester, VA-WV$35,090-7.9%
Tulsa, OK$35,040-8.1%
Knoxville, TN$34,700-9.0%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$34,630-9.2%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$34,540-9.4%
New Haven, CT$34,530-9.4%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$34,420-9.7%
Birmingham, AL$34,410-9.7%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$34,370-9.8%
Springfield, MO$34,300-10.0%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$34,290-10.0%
Pittsfield, MA$34,280-10.1%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$34,220-10.2%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$34,020-10.8%
Lafayette, LA$33,940-11.0%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$33,930-11.0%
Duluth, MN-WI$33,700-11.6%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$33,510-12.1%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$33,400-12.4%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$33,340-12.5%
Kansas City, MO-KS$33,340-12.5%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$33,210-12.9%
Lynchburg, VA$33,120-13.1%
Gettysburg, PA$32,910-13.7%
Montgomery, AL$32,820-13.9%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$32,800-14.0%
Omaha, NE-IA$32,720-14.2%
Utica-Rome, NY$32,720-14.2%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$32,710-14.2%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$32,690-14.2%
Wilmington, NC$32,600-14.5%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$32,220-15.5%
Springfield, MA$32,150-15.7%
Winston-Salem, NC$32,140-15.7%
St. Louis, MO-IL$31,980-16.1%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$31,960-16.2%
Huntsville, AL$31,660-16.9%
Baton Rouge, LA$31,350-17.8%
Fort Wayne, IN$31,280-17.9%
Pittsburgh, PA$31,250-18.0%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$31,200-18.2%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$31,180-18.2%
Madison, WI$31,170-18.2%
Lancaster, PA$31,100-18.4%
Waco, TX$31,080-18.5%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$30,970-18.8%
Ocala, FL$30,860-19.0%
Roanoke, VA$30,720-19.4%
Toledo, OH$30,720-19.4%
Cleveland, OH$30,620-19.7%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$30,610-19.7%
Columbia, SC$30,320-20.5%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$30,160-20.9%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$30,160-20.9%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$30,120-21.0%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$30,030-21.2%
Eau Claire, WI$30,010-21.3%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$29,900-21.6%
Green Bay, WI$29,780-21.9%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$29,190-23.4%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$28,790-24.5%
Corpus Christi, TX$28,520-25.2%
Sandusky, OH$28,070-26.4%
Puerto Rico$27,860-26.9%
Terre Haute, IN$27,490-27.9%
Mobile, AL$26,450-30.6%
Oklahoma City, OK$26,000-31.8%
Wheeling, WV-OH$24,960-34.5%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$24,220-36.5%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$23,000-39.7%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$22,490-41.0%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.