Highest-paying Cities for Tour Guides and Escorts

The top 100 highest paying cities for tour guides and escorts (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 guides and escorts in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $54,210, Tacoma, Washington is the highest paying city for tour guides and escorts. It is followed by Northern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah (average annual salary $54,040). 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 guides and escorts in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Tacoma, Washington	$54,210	$24,040	50
2	Northern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$54,040	$22,960	n/a
3	Northwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$53,080	$27,980	n/a
4	New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$49,240	$41,550	40
5	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$44,970	$27,970	40
6	Anchorage, Alaska	$44,930	$27,580	140
7	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$44,760	$20,070	40
8	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$44,550	$28,850	240
9	Casper, Wyoming	$44,000	$18,120	40
10	Columbus, Ohio	$42,490	$26,530	n/a
11	Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$39,900	$17,600	100
12	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$39,320	$23,910	130
13	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$37,940	$20,330	30
14	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$36,480	$21,850	180
15	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$35,530	$20,810	170
16	Spokane, Washington	$34,720	$26,780	40
17	Central Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$34,540	$22,850	n/a
18	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$34,420	$20,810	n/a
19	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$34,380	$18,120	130
20	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$34,350	$27,380	40
21	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$34,070	$20,990	100
22	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$34,000	$26,830	130
23	San Angelo, Texas	$33,980	$17,250	n/a
24	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$33,810	$22,020	80
25	West Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$33,360	$19,120	n/a
26	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$33,360	$19,100	70
27	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$32,930	$20,180	40
28	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$32,880	$25,020	1,080
29	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$32,840	$18,650	1,310
30	Framingham, Massachusetts	$32,830	$20,810	50
31	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$32,830	$18,600	30
32	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$32,810	$20,320	50
33	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$32,320	$19,650	30
34	New Haven, Connecticut	$32,190	$21,240	n/a
35	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$31,980	$25,850	410
36	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina	$31,920	$17,470	70
37	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$31,870	$21,590	780
38	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$31,870	$24,920	900
39	Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$31,660	$26,790	50
40	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$31,560	$26,720	100
41	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$31,200	$21,480	720
42	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$30,910	$24,730	170
43	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$30,650	$21,140	390
44	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$30,400	$19,150	480
45	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$30,160	$17,070	110
46	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$30,140	$17,090	30
47	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$30,070	$20,820	1,000
48	Salinas, California	$29,990	$21,910	90
49	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$29,680	$17,900	390
50	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$29,680	$24,550	120
51	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$29,490	$22,250	140
52	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$29,440	$21,820	400
53	Prescott, Arizona	$29,390	$18,380	110
54	St George, Utah	$29,380	$21,720	120
55	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$29,200	$26,170	50
56	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$29,050	$18,440	260
57	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$28,960	$20,200	970
58	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$28,940	$22,810	100
59	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$28,920	$22,160	50
60	South Western Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$28,870	$17,960	50
61	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$28,850	$16,700	40
62	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$28,750	$20,710	430
63	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$28,710	$21,340	80
64	Bowling Green, Kentucky	$28,700	$17,790	100
65	Yakima, Washington	$28,680	$22,790	n/a
66	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$28,500	$20,760	70
67	Wichita, Kansas	$28,440	$17,600	50
68	Fresno, California	$28,330	$22,110	80
69	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$28,310	$20,150	1,040
70	East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$28,270	$18,130	40
71	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$28,190	$22,250	60
72	Provo-Orem, Utah	$27,980	$16,920	30
73	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$27,950	$18,280	n/a
74	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$27,910	$19,190	50
75	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$27,840	$21,320	40
76	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$27,760	$24,930	n/a
77	Tucson, Arizona	$27,310	$18,680	90
78	Northern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$27,150	$23,810	n/a
79	Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$27,020	$16,960	50
80	North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$27,000	$16,580	n/a
81	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$26,750	$19,510	300
82	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$26,720	$21,340	n/a
83	Charlottesville, Virginia	$26,690	$21,420	80
84	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$26,660	$19,420	70
85	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$26,610	$20,810	n/a
86	Central South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$26,600	$17,820	100
87	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$26,580	$17,530	120
88	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$26,540	$17,670	130
89	Jackson, Mississippi	$26,480	$19,010	n/a
90	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$26,300	$18,240	840
91	Flagstaff, Arizona	$26,050	$17,860	400
92	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$26,010	$17,220	60
93	Upper Eastern Shore nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$25,990	$16,420	60
94	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$25,860	$18,870	140
95	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$25,840	$18,920	720
96	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$25,810	$20,590	50
97	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$25,760	$17,060	50
98	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$25,720	$20,810	750
99	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$25,570	$20,170	100
100	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$25,570	$16,640	30

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