The annual salary statistics of tour and travel guides in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage information of tour and travel guides in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville 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 | $22,580 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $24,740 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $28,000 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $36,920 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $45,190 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for tour and travel guides in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $45,190. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $28,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,580.
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 | 4-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $28,000 | -1.25% | 15.50% |
| 2021 | $28,350 | -21.59% | - |
| 2020 | $34,470 | 24.51% | - |
| 2019 | $26,020 | 9.07% | - |
| 2018 | $23,660 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $28,000 in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville is in the middle of salary range for tour and travel guides in state of South Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of tour and travel guides in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville is 7.7 percent (7.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill and 19.2 percent (19.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill | |
| Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | |
| Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville | |
| Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | |
| Greenville-Mauldin-Easley | |
| Columbia | |
| Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort | |
| Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway | |
| Augusta-Richmond County | |
| Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area |