The annual salary statistics of tour and travel guides in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of tour and travel guides in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $31,720 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $35,730 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $44,760 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $52,160 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $61,840 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for tour and travel guides in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $61,840. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $44,760. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,720.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of tour and travel guides from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $44,760 | -3.89% | 44.48% |
| 2021 | $46,500 | 23.63% | - |
| 2020 | $35,510 | 23.32% | - |
| 2019 | $27,230 | 10.25% | - |
| 2018 | $24,440 | -1.68% | - |
| 2017 | $24,850 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $24,850 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $44,760, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is the second highest paying city for tour and travel guides in state of California, following the highest paying city San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles (median annual salary of $50,400). Compared with San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, the median annual salary of tour and travel guides in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is 11.2 percent (11.2%) lower.