Tour and Travel Guides Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Tour and Travel Guides positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$36,660

National average

Salary Range

$26,890 – $59,930

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Tour and Travel Guides Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$57,230$28,270$83,160
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$55,860$32,640$92,920
Vermont$53,420$32,340$62,970
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$53,420$53,410$80,750
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$53,420$32,560$123,930
District of Columbia$52,140$37,540$98,350
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$52,090$38,020$65,140
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$52,060$39,290$76,720
Idaho$50,830$26,830$59,560
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$50,660$33,980$62,640
Wyoming$49,010$33,180$123,920
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$49,010$36,190$70,200
Washington$48,830$37,760$76,350
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$48,580$34,190$61,500
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$47,840$35,530$73,030
Vallejo, CA$47,430$36,070$63,240
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$47,040$33,860$60,730
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$46,630$38,070$76,130
Boulder, CO$46,440$35,170$91,720
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$45,920$34,840$79,050
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$45,870$35,610$67,230
Alaska$45,000$35,410$61,650
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$44,870$36,160$60,460
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$44,870$25,500$81,650
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$44,800$34,000$55,350
Anchorage, AK$44,790$35,870$60,350
Hawaii$44,620$29,600$61,490
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$44,120$35,680$52,000
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$44,080$33,860$59,400
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$44,050$37,150$61,930
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$43,740$39,250$79,380
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$43,150$33,860$69,060
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$42,420$33,280$84,020
Pittsfield, MA$42,260$34,190$74,460
California$42,210$33,700$65,720
Bellingham, WA$42,080$33,860$61,980
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$41,830$28,650$73,520
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$41,820$25,200$62,100
Boise City, ID$41,690$26,830$59,560
Colorado$41,600$31,520$71,210
Salinas, CA$41,510$33,280$52,790
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$41,490$35,490$74,780
Napa, CA$41,340$37,890$50,300
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$41,150$35,000$53,940
Colorado Springs, CO$41,140$30,340$70,370
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$41,090$37,540$48,300
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$40,920$34,480$52,290
Worcester, MA$40,860$32,400$40,860
Fairbanks-College, AK$40,760$29,640$61,860
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$40,690$33,280$74,100
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$40,570$34,300$84,020
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$40,390$33,280$62,840
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$40,360$27,310$71,140
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$40,220$29,990$66,190
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$40,220$28,090$66,260
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$40,060$26,350$93,860
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$39,890$23,870$43,340
Medford, OR$39,810$29,910$64,480
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$39,780$31,200$45,140
Oregon$39,560$31,070$48,300
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$39,560$31,510$44,840
St. George, UT$39,440$28,410$59,510
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$39,400$33,580$61,620
Massachusetts$39,360$32,400$74,460
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$39,360$32,400$75,530
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$39,220$33,280$67,310
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$38,960$33,830$53,570
Maine$38,900$30,090$66,260
Barnstable Town, MA$38,830$34,010$79,020
Utah$38,820$28,830$59,510
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$38,660$17,090$67,890
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$38,650$32,060$52,020
Fresno, CA$38,580$33,280$72,630
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$38,290$30,590$53,940
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$38,200$26,480$45,020
Ogden, UT$38,150$27,690$59,080
Bend, OR$37,990$31,070$56,300
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$37,890$31,380$54,980
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$37,810$31,510$47,490
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$37,760$31,200$235,030
Nevada$37,580$29,410$48,030
New York$37,510$31,200$52,020
Bozeman, MT$37,510$28,510$63,560
Portland-South Portland, ME$37,440$31,510$74,460
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$37,440$30,920$47,480
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$37,380$29,880$38,140
Santa Fe, NM$37,170$28,260$64,100
Greeley, CO$37,120$30,670$70,130
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$37,020$29,410$47,960
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$36,970$28,970$45,470
Urban Honolulu, HI$36,890$29,600$59,380
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$36,790$16,430$57,010
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$36,580$32,340$53,420
Minnesota$36,510$26,760$48,260
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$36,470$28,890$50,250
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$36,430$19,770$45,260
Springfield, MA$36,410$32,400$75,730
Jacksonville, FL$36,380$29,400$50,110
Virgin Islands$36,370$24,090$97,690
Montana$36,350$26,090$58,660
Helena, MT$36,350$25,930$49,380
Kentucky$36,240$26,140$48,530
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$36,220$23,290$53,750
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$36,220$25,940$57,360
Eugene-Springfield, OR$36,170$29,580$44,710
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$36,070$23,050$65,520
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$35,890$30,900$45,710
Rhode Island$35,890$30,900$44,690
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$35,810$20,890$47,740
Asheville, NC$35,800$22,400$41,840
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$35,790$21,760$61,690
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$35,750$26,820$93,110
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$35,650$22,610$120,490
Maryland$35,610$31,200$54,650
New Hampshire$35,610$26,580$43,340
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$35,610$29,710$51,160
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$35,430$26,970$44,690
Richmond, VA$35,420$24,960$48,840
Georgia$35,410$23,820$44,330
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$35,410$26,780$47,990
Wisconsin$35,360$26,820$89,260
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$35,360$21,400$145,250
Florida$35,240$27,870$50,180
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$35,230$23,010$45,660
New Jersey$35,140$31,470$47,000
Illinois$35,070$29,190$50,410
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$35,060$29,090$45,420
New Mexico$35,060$26,140$51,460
Charlottesville, VA$34,980$24,960$51,590
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$34,770$30,390$50,030
Tennessee$34,720$24,960$65,480
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$34,720$24,960$45,070
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$34,660$26,520$43,760
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$34,560$24,380$46,920
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$34,480$27,980$43,680
Connecticut$34,460$32,640$82,170
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$34,450$30,580$52,300
South Dakota$34,330$28,110$45,410
North Dakota$34,320$31,510$47,840
Cleveland, OH$34,250$26,820$41,330
Naples-Marco Island, FL$34,240$29,290$48,360
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$34,230$31,200$44,760
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$34,220$31,200$51,880
Winston-Salem, NC$34,100$20,940$60,220
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$34,100$26,520$66,470
Lexington-Fayette, KY$33,920$25,980$47,480
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$33,860$17,880$36,630
Virginia$33,790$26,040$48,690
Rapid City, SD$33,740$28,200$44,220
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$33,610$28,560$46,370
Tulsa, OK$33,540$23,130$41,940
Michigan$33,520$27,190$49,730
Kansas$33,490$21,510$63,020
North Carolina$33,490$21,700$60,220
New Haven, CT$33,400$32,640$52,980
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$33,380$32,640$82,860
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$33,290$31,940$40,310
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$32,870$29,250$55,720
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$32,820$31,200$45,370
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$32,760$27,070$45,240
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$32,660$27,780$39,110
Madison, WI$32,620$22,600$81,890
Lancaster, PA$32,580$21,960$43,210
South Carolina$32,570$21,780$142,070
Knoxville, TN$32,540$26,670$66,340
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$32,520$32,050$55,860
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$32,410$31,200$45,620
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$32,400$22,750$75,960
Roanoke, VA$32,320$26,090$32,640
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$32,290$23,690$64,100
Pennsylvania$32,210$21,910$46,450
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$32,050$24,960$41,670
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$31,980$21,920$62,400
Oklahoma$31,950$18,020$41,940
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$31,920$24,090$64,270
Columbus, OH$31,850$28,640$42,730
Duluth, MN-WI$31,830$26,730$35,670
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$31,830$21,890$58,400
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$31,710$23,210$39,560
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$31,570$31,200$44,440
Gettysburg, PA$31,510$27,530$49,160
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$31,470$25,890$52,600
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$31,470$21,840$39,260
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$31,470$31,470$41,600
St. Louis, MO-IL$31,410$29,170$38,300
Ohio$31,330$23,480$39,110
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$31,330$27,130$38,650
Arkansas$31,290$24,700$45,910
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$31,290$25,070$45,930
Missouri$31,230$29,080$44,740
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$31,210$23,050$54,770
Omaha, NE-IA$31,200$25,980$38,070
Birmingham, AL$31,200$28,150$42,700
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$31,200$31,200$46,360
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$31,150$28,360$52,060
Sandusky, OH$31,130$21,740$45,430
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$31,130$24,960$50,180
Kansas City, MO-KS$30,750$29,100$61,500
Greensboro-High Point, NC$30,680$21,500$48,170
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$30,600$22,030$50,980
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$30,580$22,610$63,190
Toledo, OH$30,340$26,960$36,610
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$30,320$20,150$42,880
Huntsville, AL$30,240$24,520$34,430
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$30,240$20,860$58,930
Nebraska$30,200$24,960$36,190
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$30,160$22,440$65,140
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$30,150$11,070$48,410
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$30,110$20,570$53,120
Texas$30,050$22,520$58,400
Louisiana$29,970$18,910$61,160
Wilmington, NC$29,970$21,010$40,010
Baton Rouge, LA$29,940$21,450$61,160
Pittsburgh, PA$29,930$21,930$42,730
Fort Wayne, IN$29,910$17,870$36,160
Alabama$29,800$21,160$42,430
Springfield, MO$29,680$27,130$44,740
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$29,680$22,560$43,510
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$29,680$21,510$63,020
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$29,540$26,780$42,940
Rockford, IL$29,520$29,120$33,080
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$29,490$21,880$58,400
Ocala, FL$29,430$28,190$34,680
Guam$29,390$20,410$46,610
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$29,350$27,040$42,720
Savannah, GA$29,290$23,650$38,860
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$29,290$26,470$47,010
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$29,180$21,010$65,180
Iowa$29,130$20,150$48,200
Raleigh-Cary, NC$29,090$22,950$47,370
Waco, TX$29,050$20,800$56,900
Delaware$29,050$29,050$61,280
Montgomery, AL$29,040$17,940$36,600
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$28,850$20,170$46,170
Corpus Christi, TX$28,810$27,310$44,690
Indiana$28,570$17,880$40,600
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$28,520$25,700$34,320
Green Bay, WI$28,510$28,510$37,180
Albuquerque, NM$28,420$25,860$46,650
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$28,360$23,870$64,950
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$28,260$20,250$60,980
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$28,130$20,080$39,560
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$28,080$21,780$34,870
Akron, OH$28,040$22,040$39,410
Mobile, AL$27,920$22,630$35,240
Lafayette, LA$27,880$19,120$56,960
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$27,830$22,610$52,170
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$27,350$20,110$40,350
Mississippi$27,310$19,680$39,560
Chattanooga, TN-GA$27,110$25,310$44,850
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$26,850$24,410$51,430
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$26,820$22,100$84,160
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$26,490$21,740$26,720
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$26,410$21,010$44,200
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$26,360$19,760$72,800
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$26,220$24,960$32,310
Columbia, SC$25,910$21,590$42,780
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$25,780$19,000$47,010
West Virginia$25,730$20,180$47,600
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$25,640$25,520$36,070
Oklahoma City, OK$25,330$17,890$41,560
Beckley, WV$24,170$19,820$47,600
Puerto Rico$23,790$19,760$48,250
Charleston, WV$23,190$20,510$48,090
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$22,730$20,480$48,060
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$22,170$18,640$37,930
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$21,970$19,680$34,300
Wheeling, WV-OH$21,960$21,100$37,760
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$21,010$17,890$45,400
Lake Charles, LA$18,430$18,430$58,390

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Tour and Travel Guides make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Tour and Travel Guides is $36,660, with a typical range of $26,890 – $59,930 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Tour and Travel Guides?β–Ύ

Entry-level Tour and Travel Guides positions typically start around $26,890 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Tour and Travel Guidess earn the most?β–Ύ

Tour and Travel Guidess tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.