Tour and Travel Guides Salary in the US
A tour and travel guides earns a national median of $38,120 a year (mean $43,720) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #754 of 825.
How much does a tour and travel guides earn in the US?
A tour and travel guides in the United States earns a median of $38,120 a year (mean $43,720), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 25% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 53,500 people work in this occupation (SOC 39-7010), ranked #754 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$38,120
per year
Mean
$43,720
per year
Employment
53,500
US workers
National rank
#754
of 825 by median
What a tour and travel guides earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a tour and travel guides (SOC 39-7010) earns a median annual wage of $38,120 and a mean (average) of $43,720. The median is the midpoint — half of tour and travel guides earn more and half earn less — and is 25% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a tour and travel guides in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for tour and travel guides is $38,120, and the mean (average) is $43,720. The median is the midpoint — half of tour and travel guides earn more and half earn less.
- How does tour and travel guides pay compare to the US average?
- At $38,120, a tour and travel guides earns 25% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many tour and travel guides are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 53,500 tour and travel guides employed nationally (SOC 39-7010), across all industries.
- Where does this tour and travel guides salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 39-7010. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Find tour and travel guides jobs with salary ranges
GeraJobs lists live US vacancies with employer-stated salary ranges — see which tour and travel guides roles pay above the BLS benchmark.
Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 39-7010 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
Published verbatim by GeraJobs. Last updated: 2026-06-27. ← All US salaries