Tour & travel guides

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2020 Workforce

62.6k

Average Age

36.4

Average Salary

$18,107

Average Male Salary

$21,371

Average Female Salary

$14,936

About

Tour & travel guides are most often employed by the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges industry. The average yearly wage for Tour & travel guides was $18,107 in 2020.

The locations that employ the most Tour & travel guides are Hawaii County PUMA, HI, Tantalus to Waikiki PUMA, HI, and Maui, Kalawao & Kauai Counties PUMA, HI. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Tour & travel guides are Tantalus to Waikiki PUMA, HI, Hawaii County PUMA, HI, and Flagstaff City PUMA, AZ.

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Employment and salary information for the Tour & travel guides workforce. Tour & travel guides workforce in 2020 was 62,575 people, of which 50.7% were women and 49.3% were men. Tour & travel guides are paid most in Miami-Dade (South/Outside Urban Development Boundary) & Monroe Counties PUMA, FL but are relatively concentrated in Tantalus to Waikiki PUMA, HI.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

30,841

Male Workforce

± 4.31k

31,734

Female Workforce

± 4.37k

The Tour & travel guides workforce in 2020 was 62,575 people (50.7% women and 49.3% men). This implies an average annual growth of 28.5% between 2014 (48,699) and 2020 (62,575).

Employment by Location

Level

Metric

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Tour & travel guides.

During 2020, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($35,789), Tennessee ($33,075), and Arkansas ($31,576).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$18,107

AVERAGE WAGE

#516 in the ranking (2020)

$55,954

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2020, Tour & travel guides earned an average of $18,107, $37,846 less than the average national salary of $55,954

The graph shows the ranking of Tour & travel guides in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2020.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.517

WAGE GINI

In 2020, Tour & travel guides had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.517, which is higher than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly for Tour & travel guides (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Tour & travel guides compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Tour & travel guides and on wages for those in the field. Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges is the industry that employs the most Tour & travel guides, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Tour & travel guides, by average wage, is Executive offices & legislative bodies ($53,732).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

62.6k

2020 Workforce

± 6,140

0.032%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 13.9%

This graphic shows the share of Tour & travel guides employed by various industries. Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges employs the largest share of Tour & travel guides at 39.5%, followed by Amusement & Recreation with 30.8% and Museums, art galleries, historical sites, & similar institutions with 29.6%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Tour & travel guides in the US. The workforce of Tour & travel guides in 2020 was 62,575 people, with 50.7% woman, and 49.3% men. The average age of male Tour & travel guides in the workforce is 38.2 and of female Tour & travel guides is 34.6, and the most common race/ethnicity for Tour & travel guides is White.

Gender and Age

Metric

The workforce of Tour & travel guides in 2020 was 62,575 people, with 50.7% woman, and 49.3% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 20 to 24 years (17,086 people), 16 to 19 years (9,483 people), and 25 to 29 years (6,895 people). Among them they concentrated 53.7% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2020, 7.95% of Tour & travel guides workers were Hispanic and 92% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (75.5%), Cuban (13.8)%, and Puerto Rican (10.6)%

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Races

In 2020, 78.5% of the Tour & travel guides workforce were White, of which 50.6% were women and 49.4% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (7.03%) and Black (6.58%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Tour & travel guides from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Tour & travel guides is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2020 were Cultural & Gender Studies.

Among the necessary skills for Tour & travel guides, Speaking stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Tour & travel guides need more than the average amount of Service Orientation.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Tour & travel guides in 2020 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (3,337 people), Visual & Performing Arts (2,242 people), and Education (2,154 people).

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Education Levels

Metric

The main educational levels achieved by the Tour & travel guides workers were Some college (23,668 people), Bachelors Degree (16,381 people), and High School or Equivalent (11,483 people).

The graphic shows the Tour & travel guides workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Value

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Tour & travel guides from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tour & travel guides need many skills, but most especially Speaking, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness.