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 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Tour & travel guides by wage are Waiters & waitresses, School bus monitors, and Library technicians.

Tour & travel guides are part of the Personal Care & Service Occupations, along with Supervisors of personal care and service workers, Animal trainers, Nonfarm animal caretakers, Gaming services workers, Ushers, lobby attendants, & ticket takers, and 15 more.

The top 3 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 top 3 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

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Tour & travel guides and on wages and locations 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. Tour & travel guides are paid most in Weymouth Town, Braintree Town Cities, Hingham, Hull & Cohasset Towns PUMA, MA but are relatively concentrated in Tantalus to Waikiki PUMA, HI.

Yearly Wage

$18,107

AVERAGE SALARY

± $2,345

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

Waiters & waitresses make somewhat more than Tour & travel guides while School bus monitors make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Tour & travel guides as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.526

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Tour & travel guides had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.526, which is higher than 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).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Tour & travel guides.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Tour & travel guides

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Tour & travel guides.

Most Common

The most common industries employing Tour & travel guides, by number of employees, are Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, Amusement & Recreation, Museums, art galleries, historical sites, & similar institutions, Scenic & sightseeing transportation, Travel arrangements & reservation services, Beverage manufacturing, Recreational vehicle parks & camps and rooming & boarding houses, Traveler accommodation, Civic, social, advocacy organizations, & grantmaking & giving services, Water transportation, and Elementary & secondary schools.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Tour & travel guides, by average wage, are Executive offices & legislative bodies, Spectator sports, and Fishing, hunting & trapping.

Industries by Share

62.6k

2020 Workforce

± 6,140

0.032%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 13.9%

The number of people employed as Tour & travel guides has been growing at a rate of 0.032%, from 62,555 people in 2019 to 62,575 people in 2020.

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 23.3%, followed by Amusement & Recreation with 18.1% and Museums, art galleries, historical sites, & similar institutions with 17.4%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Tour & travel guides in the US. 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 (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

30.8k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 4,311

31.7k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 4,373

50.7% of Tour & travel guides are Female, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Tour & travel guides.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Tour & travel guides

White (Non-Hispanic)
Asian (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)

73.7% of Tour & travel guides are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 6.99% of Tour & travel guides, Asian (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Tour & travel guides.

Age by Sex

38.2

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 2.54

34.6

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 2.61

The median age of Tour & travel guides is 36.4, and Male employees are generally 3.6 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

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 a relatively high number of Tour & travel guides hold a major in Cultural & Gender Studies.

Majors

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

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

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 Active Listening, Service Orientation, and Coordination. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Tour & travel guides need more than the average amount of Service Orientation, Speaking, and Social Perceptiveness.