Highest-paying Cities for Tour and Travel Guides

The top 100 highest paying cities for tour and travel guides (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of tour and travel guides in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $61,840, Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama is the highest paying city for tour and travel guides. It is followed by Boise City-Nampa, Idaho (average annual salary $53,870). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of tour and travel guides in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Tour and Travel Guides

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$61,840	$29,850	40
2	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$53,870	$23,730	140
3	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$50,400	$32,570	120
4	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$48,560	$21,390	40
5	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$47,070	$20,230	50
6	Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$46,870	$36,300	n/a
7	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$45,980	$32,630	110
8	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$44,960	$36,220	160
9	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$44,770	$27,920	270
10	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$44,760	$31,720	730
11	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$44,250	$30,110	270
12	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$44,100	$23,520	n/a
13	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$43,550	$23,810	180
14	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$43,500	$32,460	380
15	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$43,200	$33,990	1,210
16	Boulder, Colorado	$43,180	$30,390	110
17	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$42,950	$21,210	40
18	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$42,900	$36,420	680
19	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$42,880	$21,570	540
20	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$41,380	$28,370	1,190
21	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$40,910	$23,420	400
22	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$40,710	$23,810	660
23	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$40,520	$29,950	250
24	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$40,500	$31,200	40
25	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$40,330	$36,400	210
26	Anchorage, Alaska	$40,250	$31,200	240
27	Waco, Texas	$40,120	$21,550	40
28	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$39,800	$25,940	760
29	Fairbanks, Alaska	$39,660	$32,640	70
30	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$39,400	$27,660	160
31	Tucson, Arizona	$38,870	$29,510	150
32	Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$38,860	$31,950	100
33	Medford, Oregon	$38,820	$32,640	90
34	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$38,710	$31,400	40
35	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$38,660	$29,640	40
36	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$38,580	$24,440	60
37	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$38,450	$31,420	40
38	South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$38,340	$18,610	60
39	Flagstaff, Arizona	$38,270	$29,740	300
40	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$38,180	$31,580	530
41	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$38,170	$32,100	870
42	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$38,100	$26,870	70
43	Napa, California	$38,000	$36,350	90
44	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$37,880	$22,300	160
45	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$37,870	$26,740	n/a
46	Spokane, Washington	$37,810	$30,140	40
47	Grand Junction, Colorado	$37,610	$27,440	40
48	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$37,440	$29,640	740
49	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$37,350	$29,570	70
50	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$37,330	$31,520	70
51	Bowling Green, Kentucky	$37,320	$26,570	70
52	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	$37,220	$21,910	50
53	Worcester, Massachusetts	$36,940	$29,640	120
54	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$36,910	$28,030	310
55	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$36,600	$31,200	70
56	Columbus, Georgia	$36,550	$28,430	70
57	Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$36,350	$30,280	40
58	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$36,320	$30,540	130
59	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$36,150	$29,310	440
60	Memphis, Tennessee	$36,120	$20,630	170
61	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$36,110	$26,090	40
62	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$36,110	$31,380	140
63	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$36,040	$28,270	80
64	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$36,000	$27,170	40
65	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$35,980	$32,160	240
66	Prescott, Arizona	$35,960	$31,610	140
67	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$35,940	$24,980	40
68	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$35,900	$29,120	80
69	Salinas, California	$35,760	$30,180	100
70	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$35,760	$27,400	200
71	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$35,750	$25,000	190
72	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina	$35,590	$19,730	30
73	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$35,560	$29,120	410
74	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$35,520	$31,070	2,030
75	Asheville, North Carolina	$35,360	$24,080	320
76	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$35,360	$30,140	40
77	New Haven, Connecticut	$35,300	$30,070	120
78	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$35,230	$20,820	380
79	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$34,940	$25,970	510
80	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$34,940	$22,270	450
81	Salisbury, Maryland	$34,890	$26,450	50
82	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$34,590	$28,320	40
83	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$34,410	$27,340	40
84	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$34,330	$25,490	n/a
85	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$34,320	$21,840	40
86	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$34,270	$27,750	70
87	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$34,220	$28,670	270
88	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$33,970	$18,060	170
89	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$33,910	$27,870	40
90	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$33,830	$30,750	110
91	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$33,820	$20,990	70
92	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$33,770	$25,760	70
93	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$33,770	$30,340	130
94	Jacksonville, Florida	$33,770	$24,860	230
95	Savannah, Georgia	$33,770	$24,820	120
96	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$33,720	$22,770	310
97	Salt Lake City, Utah	$33,710	$23,240	490
98	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$33,620	$25,010	650
99	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$33,560	$23,620	590
100	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$33,520	$20,190	160

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for tour and travel guides.